The Awards
Committee of the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society would like to
recognize several award winners during presentations held on February 8th
and 9th 2024 in Manhattan, Kansas (as part of the Kansas Natural
Resources Conference).
Brett Miller (District Fisheries Biologist - KDWP) –
certificate of appreciation for serving as Past
president
There were
many great presentations at the 2024 Kansas Natural Resources Conference. In
total, we judged 16 oral presentations and 11 posters. Thank you to those that
volunteered to judge presentations.
These
meetings would not be as valuable without your willingness to share your
research and management findings. We thank those presenters and encourage
others to share their project outcomes at next years’ meeting. The winners of
the 2024 awards are as follows:
Best Professional
Presentation
Jeff Koch (Fisheries Research Supervisor - KDWP) : Comparative recruitment of
Walleye and Saugeye in three Kansas reservoirs
Best Student
Presentation
Kade Jackson (Graduate Student - Kansas State University): Habitat use and overlap of Blue
Catfish and Channel Catfish populations in two Kansas reservoirs.
Best Professional
Poster
Michael Parr (Aquatic Invasive Species Biologist - KDWP) : The Kansas River user survey:
results and recommendations
Best Student Poster
Ethan Thompson (Fisheries Seasonal - KDWP / Undergraduate Student Washburn University): Comparison of Blue Catfish
populations at two northeast Kansas reservoirs
-Bryan
Sowards
Award
Committee Chairman
