Get to Know
Fish and Watershed Groups
Saturday,
April 28
8:00 - 8:50 am
The agenda is subject to change without notice.
Rooms will be listed in final convention agenda.
Wisconsin Aquaculture Association
The Role of Wisconsin Aquaculture
in Assisting in Managing
Environmental Resources
Saturday 8:00-8:50am
Aquaculture is an
emerging industry of growing importance to Wisconsin.
More than 330 Wisconsin fish farmers raise fish for food
products, stocking, bait, and fishing. Learn more
about aquaculture and
hear how fish farmers can work with lake organizations in
managing environmental resources. The Wisconsin
Aquaculture Association works to provide fish health
information and education. Find out about the
association's "green" programs that are incorporated into
every day aquaculture activities.
Presenters: Bill West, Myron
Kebus and Dave Gollon, Wisconsin
Aquaculture Association
Wisconsin
Bass Federation Nation
Wisconsin Bass Federation Nation -
Finding Common Ground
Saturday 8:00-8:50am
Interested in
learning more about fishing tournaments? Hear from the
Wisconsin Bass
Federation Nation, a newly formed organization comprised of
affiliated chapters of B.A.S.S. (Bass Anglers Sportsman
Society). Learn how this organization aims to increase
public awareness about bass fishing as a sport and plays a
leadership role in improving Wisconsin's environmental
resources.
Discuss
how clean water,
healthy fisheries, and equal public access are common
interests and can help build important relationships for our
lakes.
Presenter:
Tom Ehrenberg,
Wisconsin Bass Federation Nation
Rock River Coalition
The Rock River Coalition - Reducing Phosphorus Input into Lakes
Saturday 8:00-8:50am
Since 1994, the Rock River Coalition
has been organized as a not-for-profit organization
in southern Wisconsin. Hear more about this
organization's many activities and initiatives and their
mission "to educate and provide opportunities
for people of diverse interests to work together to improve
the environmental, recreational, cultural, and economic
resources of the Rock River Basin". Learn about
their new lake education program that focuses on the effects
of phosphorus on lake management.
Presenter:
Joe Dorava, Rock River
Coalition
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