MHCC Fisheries Student Subunit of ORAFS

03/15/2022

CLUB MEETING! Thursday, 10:00 a.m.
Commiserate about your finals and plan some future fun!

03/03/2022

Congrats Gina!!!
You are so deserving of the Associate Student Scholarship! Thank you for all your hard work as our club president!

03/03/2022

Great job, Gina!!! Thanks for your student subunit update at the annual meeting. You knocked it out of the park! Check out our new logo, too.

02/23/2022

Want a free shirt? Of course you do!
Come to the Fisheries Club meeting at noon on Thursday, Feb 24th and your name will be entered into a drawing for one these styling shirts (modeled by our club officers). These are the last of the old logo... Stay tuned for the reveal of the new club logo! Zoom link for the meeting: https://mhcc.zoom.us/j/91456004038?pwd=K2NEbWZ6eFg1ZEMvUWtmd3NRdlBZQT09

02/18/2022

Thanks to Christina Wang, USFWS, for sharing information about lamprey with the MHCC Fisheries Club!

Did you know...... that Lamprey are 450 million years old? Take that sturgeon and dinosaurs!..larval Lamprey burrow in the sediment for 10 years? They are tiny little excavators of the river bottom making them ecologically important even as youngsters...that Lamprey are culturally important to native American tribes? Returning adult Pacific Lamprey were once abundant and harvested by tribal communities. These tribes are now part of the effort to conserve lamprey and increase their numbers.

You can learn more about Pacific Lamprey and be an ambassador for these amazing animals.
Join the Pacific Lamprey webinar series by contacting [email protected] for an invitation.
Check out the Pacific Lamprey exhibit at the Oregon Zoo.
Go to the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative web page for maps, identification guides and much more information.

02/13/2022

TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP OF THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OREGON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY!!

It's free so what are you waiting for??? Do it!

https://orafs.org/2022-annual-meeting/

The 2022 Oregon AFS Annual Meeting will be virtual again this year! We appreciate everyone’s support and responses to our member poll and believe virtual is the way to go to make the meeting safe and available for all our members and provide an opportunity to include people who can’t normally at...

02/13/2022

Please join the MHCC Fisheries Club / Oregon Chapter of American Fisheries Society Student Subunit on February 17th at 1:00 pm for a presentation by Christina Wang on Lamprey. Registration is required. Click the registration link: https://mhcc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItdeihqTMuGtNO05xYhWljL8Vlao9hQhW- . FREE!!!

11/21/2021

Volunteer Opportunity:
(Thanks Gina)

Amphibian Egg Mass Survey Training Workshop Interested in participating in community science to help us better understand amphibian populations in urban wetlands? Join us on Saturday, January 30th for our 2021 Amphibian Egg Mass Survey Training! What: Amphibian Egg Mass Training When: January 30th,....

11/21/2021

Deadline for the ORAFS Student Schlolarship is December 31st!

The Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is proud to announce a competition for four student scholarships: one each for associate, undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctoral student categories. The goal of these scholarships is to further the objectives of AFS by rewarding and promoting the...

11/21/2021

November Club Meeting

We are still in a virtual space but brainstorming possible events with our sister student subunit from OSU (). Thank you Christian, Elena and Annika for attending and contributing to the meeting!
We were also honored to have Vic Quennessen, ORAFS Vice President, talk to us about the upcoming Annual Meeting and volunteer opportunities!

Stay tuned for the unveiling of our new club logo!

02/09/2021

Want to hear a some good news?
The Mt. Hood Community College Fisheries Club is hosting a presentation by Chris Allen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Chris worked with a team of biologists to successfully reintroduce Bull trout into the upper Clackamas River.
Join us at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.