American Fisheries Society
Organized 1870 to Promote the Conservation, Development and Wise Utilization of the Fisheries
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110 * Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2199
301-897-8616 * FAX 301-897-8096 * E-Mail: main@fisheries.org, www.fisheries.org
Wayne A. Hubert
Ghassan (Gus) Rassam
President 2010-2011
Executive Director
William L. Fisher
President Elect
23 October 2009
Noel Burkhead
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Center for Aquatic Resource Studies
7920 NW 71st St
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Dear Noel:
I am pleased to re-appoint you as Chair of the AFS Endangered Species Committee for 2010-2011. Your recent
report to the Governing Board indicates that the Committee is close to achieving its goals. It is good to know
that the Mussel and Snail Subcommittees are in the final phases of their products, and that the crayfish and
fishes lists are available on line. As you mentioned in your report, the broad dissemination of the status of
declining mollusks, crayfishes, and fishes should significantly enhance public awareness of problems and
elevate visibility of the AFS mission. I commend you as Chair, the Subcommittee Chair, and all members of
the subcommittees who have contributed to this effort.
I understand from our conservation that the structure of the four subcommittees will not be changing and that
the subcommittees are progressing with their charges. I have appended the lists of subcommittee chairs and
members that were available to me. If there are any changes, please let me know. I think it is important to
document the contributors to this work.
I have received 8 applications for committee appointments to the Endangered Species Committee, but I think
most of the applicants are unaware of activities of this Committee. The applicants are:
Dan Dembkowski, Master's student, Mississippi State University
Greg Seegert, EA Engineering, Deerfield, IL
Rafael Miranda, Professor, School of Sciences, University of Navarra, Spain
Joseph Quattro, Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Jeff Falke, National Research Council/NOAA Fisheries, Corvallis, OR
Alice Berg, Alice Berg & Associates, Sierraville, CA
Nathan Kuntz, Master's student, Mississippi State University
David Stagliano, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena
If you need additional members for any subcommittee and any of these applicants seem to be appropriate, please
let me know and I will send you copies their applications.
Please provide a report on the achievements of the Committee for the 2010 Mid-year and 2011 Annual meetings
of the Governing Board.
On behalf of AFS, I extend appreciation to you as Chair, subcommittee chairs, and committee members for your
work on endangered species and contributions to the AFS. Thank you for your continued service. Please
contact me via telephone (307-760-8723) or email (whubert@uwyo.edu) if I can be of assistance.
Sincerely,
Wayne A. Hubert
President, American Fisheries Society
Endangered Species Committee 2009
Noel M. Burkhead, Chair Fishes Committee
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Center for Aquatic Resource Studies
7920 NW 71st St
Gainesville, FL 32653
phone 352-378-8181, ex332
fax 352-378-4956
noel_burkhead@usgs.gov
Endangered Species Committee, Gastropod Subcommittee
Paul D. Johnson, Subcommittee Chair
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Program Supervisor
Aquatic Resource Culture Center
Route 3, Box 86
Marion, AL 36756
Phone: 334/683-5069
leptoxis@hotmail.com
Endangered Species Committee, Crayfish Subcommittee
Christopher A. Taylor, Chair
Illinois Natural History Survey
Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology
1816 S. Oak
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-2153
ctaylor@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu
Endangered Species Committee, Mussel Subcommittee
James D. Williams, Chair
U.S. Geological Survey (ret)
Florida Integrated Science Center
7920 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653
352-379-3743
fishwilliams@gmail.com
Endangered Species Committee, Crayfish Subcommittee
Dr. Christopher A. Taylor, Chair
Illinois Natural History Survey
Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Endangered Species Committee, Gastropod Subcommittee
Paul D. Johnson, Subcommittee Chair
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Program Supervisor
Aquatic Resource Culture Center
Route 3, Box 86
Marion, AL 36756
Phone: 334/683-5069
leptoxis@hotmail.com
James (Jay) R. Cordeiro
Research Zoologist
NatureServe
11 Avenue de Lafayette, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
office phone: 617-542-1908
office fax: 617-542-1620 (fax)
jay_cordeiro@natureserve.org
Arthur E. Bogan
Curator of Invertebrates
N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 733-7450 x753
Arthur.Bogan@ncmail.net
Jeffrey T. Garner
Mussel Management Supervisor
Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
350 C.R. 275
Florence, AL 35633
Ph: 256-463-2272
bleufer@aol.com
Paul Hartfield
US Fish and Wildlife Service
6578 Dogwood View Parkway
Suite A
Jackson, MS 39213
paul_hartfield@fws.gov
Ellen Strong
Curator of Mollusks, NMNH
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Phone: 202-633-1742
Fax: 202-357-2343
StrongE@si.edu
Endangered Species Committee, Mussel Subcommittee
James D. Williams, Chair
U.S. Geological Survey (ret)
Florida Integrated Science Center
7920 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653
352-379-3743
fishwilliams@gmail.com
CANADA
Todd Morris
Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
867 Lakeshore Rd.
Burlington ON
Canada L7R 4A6
“Todd Morris”<Todd.Morris@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
MEXICO
Alberto Contreras - Arquieta
Atenas 2110, Fracc. Viejo Roble
66418 San Nicolás de los Garza
Nuevo León, México
“Alberto Contreras – Arquieta”<acontrerasa@axtel.net>
Edna Naranjo García
"Dra. Edna Naranjo García"<naranjo@servidor.unam.mx>
UNITED STATES
Arthur E. Bogan
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Research Laboratory
MSC 1626
Raleigh, NC 27699-1626
“Arthur Bogan”<arthur.bogan@ncmail.net>
Jayne Brim-Box
47 Kilgariff Crescent
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
“Jayne Brim-Box”<brimbox@gmail.com>
Bob Butler
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
160 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, NC 28801
“Bob Butler”<bob_butler@fws.gov>
Kevin Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign, IL 61820
“Kevin Cummings”<ksc@inhs.uiuc.edu>
Jeff Garner
350 County Road 275
Florence, AL 35633
“Jeff Garner”<Bleufer@aol.com>
John L. Harris
12301 Pleasant Forest Drive
Little Rock, AR 72212
“John Harris”<Omibob@aol.com>
Bob Howells
BioStudies
160 Bearskin Trail
Kerrville, TX 78028
“Bob Howells”<biostudies@hctc.net>
Sarina Jepsen
4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97215
“Sarina Jepsen”<sarina@xerces.org>
Nate Johnson
University of Florida
Department of Fisheries
7922 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653
DNA@vt.edu
Thomas Watters
The Ohio State University
Museum of Biological Diversity
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
“Thomas Watters”<Watters.1@osu.edu
Endangered Species Committee, Fishes Committee
Noel M. Burkhead, Chair
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Center for Aquatic Resource Studies
7920 NW 71st St
Gainesville, FL 32653
phone 352-378-8181, ex332
fax 352-378-4956
noel_burkhead@usgs.gov
Howard L. Jelks, Vice-Chair
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Center for Aquatic Resource Studies
7920 NW 71st St
Gainesville, FL 32653
phone 352-378-8181, ex325
fax 352-378-4956
howard_jelks@usgs.gov
Stephen J. Walsh, Vice-Chair
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Center for Aquatic Resource Studies
7920 NW 71st St
Gainesville, FL 32653
phone 352-378-8181, ex332
fax 352-378-4956
steve_walsh@usgs.gov
Salvador Contreras B.
Apdo Postal 504
San Nicolas NL 66450
MEXICO
saconbal@gmail.com
Edmundo Diaz Pardo
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Av. de las Ciencias s/n, Juriquilla, Del. Sta. Rosa Jauregui
Querétaro, Querétaro, C. P. 76230, México
phone: 442-192-1200, ext. 5316
Fax: 442-192-1327, ext. 3243
ediazp@uaq.mx
Dean A. Hendrickson
University of Texas
Texas Natural History Collection
R4000 / PRC176
10100 Burnet Road
phone 512-471-9774
deanhend@mail.utexas.edu
John Lyons, Ph.D.
Ichthyologist and Fisheries Research Biologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Adjunct Curator of Fishes, University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum
2801 Progress Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53716-3339 USA
phone: (608) 221-6328
fax: (608) 221-6353
e-mail: john.lyons@dnr.state.wi.us
john.lyons@dnr.state.wi.us
Nicholas Mandrak
Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Fisheries and Ocean Canada
867 Lakeshore Rd.
Burlington, Ontario Canada
L7R 4A6
Phone: 905-336-4842
Fax: 905-336-6437
mandrakn@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Frank H. McCormick, Ph.D.
US Forest Service
Olympia Forestry Sciences Lab
3625 93rd Ave SW
Olympia, WA 98512
fmccormick@fs.fed.us
OFSL # 360 753 7667
Cell # 703 254 4143
Joseph S. Nelson
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
CANADA
Phone: 780-492-4741
Phone (home): 780-487-0099
Fax: 780-492-9234
joe.nelson@ualberta.ca
Claude Renaud
Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa ON K1P 6P4
CANADA
phone 613-364-4069
fax 613-364-4027
crenaud@mus-nature.ca
Juan Jacobo Schmitter-Soto
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
Apdo. Postal 424
77000 Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Mexico
Phone: 52-983-8350440 ext. 4302
Fax: 52-983-8350454
jschmit@ecosur.mx
jschmitt@fulbrightweb.org
Eric (Rick) Taylor
Dept. of Zoology
6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604-822-9152
Fax: 604-822-2416
etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca
Melvin L. Warren, Jr.
Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
1000 Front Street
Oxford, MS 38655
phone: 662.234.2744, ext. 246
fax: 234-8318
mwarren01@fs.fed.us