Media Category: 2018

Chris Thaxton, award recipient from East Carolina University delivers his presentation at the Atlantic City, New Jersey AFS Meeting.

The NCAFS Student Travel Award recipients from Appalachian State University standing beside their posters at the AFS Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Chantelle Rondel (left) and Vincent Santini (right).

NCSU grad students Bobby Cope and Stephen Parker fish dissection and anatomy lesson at East Garner Middle School. (photo by Matt Lanner)

Stephen Parker discusses internal anatomy during a fish dissection exercise as part of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ Shad in the Classroom program.

President Riley Gallagher (in stream) and Treasurer Amber Lamb (on shore) working as part of the crew during our biannual Adopt-A-Stream clean-up of Rocky Branch Creek.

Several members volunteered to staff event stations at the Family Fishing Fiesta event hosted by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and NC State Parks. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Cope and April Lamb show kids and parents how to cast a fishing pole with the Backyard Bass game; Austin Mueller and Riley Gallagher engaged with visitors at the Spot the Bluegill and Learn about Lures stations; Mike Walter talks with a family about the use of electrofishing gear in fisheries conservation and management; Stephen Parker draws a crowd during the Learn to Fillet a Fish station.

Jennifer Archambault explains to 3rd and 4th graders how to differentiate between mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies during a macroinvertebrate class lesson as part of the Shad in the Classroom program.