Decline in Southeastern Fish
Populations is Subject of Public/Private Workshop
| WHAT: |
News
Conference
- Southeastern fish are in trouble.
- We need to join forces to identify the
causes of this problem.
- We need to find ways to stop this perilous
decline.
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| WHEN: |
10 a.m. Tuesday, October 26,
1999 |
| WHO: |
| Sam D. Hamilton
|
Southeast Regional Director,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Gary Myers
|
Commissioner, Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Agency |
| Noel Burkhead |
Leader, Biodiversity &
Habitat Conservation Program (fishes) , U.S. Geological
Survey, Biological Resources Division |
| Allen Culp |
Southern Rivers Coordinator,
The Nature Conservancy's Freshwater Initiative |
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| WHERE: |
Clarion Hotel, Chattanooga, TN
407 Chestnut Street, Ballroom Room C
(423) 756-5150
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| WHY: |
This workshop will be the first
multi-agency effort where public and private partners from
around the Southeast will sit down to work together to produce
a conservation strategy that will help guide state, federal,
and non-governmental agencies and organizations in our future
cooperative efforts to conserve and recover imperiled fishes
of the Southeastern United States. Comprised of: 16 state
natural resource agencies, 10 federal resource and management
agencies, 8 regional universities, the National Fish & Wildlife
Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the Tennessee Aquarium,
the Nature Conservancy, Conservation Fisheries, Inc., and Georgia
Power |
Release R99-85
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