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Barstow Speaker Series Talk: Fishes of Texas and the Colorado River, with Special Attention to American Eel

On March 5, 2018 the Colorado River Alliance held their Barstow Speaker Series program in which Dean Hendrickson was asked to speak on the topic "Of Eels & Oysters: The Amazing Ecosystems of the Colorado River and Matagorda Bay".  Dean's talk oultined the scope of the Fishes of Texas

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Dr. Gary Garrett awarded Distinguished Texas Scientist honor by the Texas Academy of Science

This past weekend, members of our team attended the 119th Annual Texas Academy of Science Meeting in Junction, where our own Dr. Gary Garrett was selected for the Distinguished Texas Scientist Award. Recipients are chosen by the Academy’s Board of Directors for work that demonstrates “distinguished contributions to science through research and publication that has garnered recognition at the national and international level.” Gary began his career at the University of Texas

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Melissa Casarez attended iDigBio Workshop on Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability

This workshop, fourth in an iDigBio-hosted series on biodiversity informatics, aimed to equip natural history collections personnel with the proper tools to make their data 'research ready'.  It was held at Arizona State University, Sept. 15-17 and covered such topics as:  Data Management Planning, Digitization Workflows, Intro to Data Mapping, Images and Media Issues, and Data Cleaning.  A detailed agenda can be viewed at their 

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Conservation Planning to Inform Selection and Implementation of a Network of Native Fish Conservation Areas

The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership just funded us to work with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and aquatic conservation "stakeholders" throughout the US Great Plains for a project called "Watershed-Based Conservation Planning to Inform Selection and Implementation of a Network of Native Fish Conservation Areas in the Great Plains" Read more about Conservation Planning to Inform Selection and Implementation of a Network of Native Fish Conservation Areas