MEMBERS WISHING TO POST A NEWS ITEM TO THIS PAGE, SHOULD NOW SEND A REQUEST, THE TEXT ITEM AND ANY FILE TO DOWNLOAD TO lundberg@ansp.org  AND mgibbs@stetson.edu

• Invitation to participate in ASIH Facebook Group, see News

• Newly Revised ASIH Policy and Procedures Manual, see News
  

• East Texas Herpetological Society Grant Announcement for 2012, see News

•  Univ. Louisiana, Lafayette: Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers doctoral fellowships in Evolutionary Biology starting Fall 2012.  Students from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.  For more information please contact Dr. James Albert at: jalbert@louisiana.edu, or visit the UL Lafayette website: http://gradschool.ucs.louisiana.edu/.

·      Robert R. Sokal passes at age 86, see News

• Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust 2012 summer course on Amphibian husbandry:

  http://www.durrell.org/Training/Courses/Amphibian-Conservation-Husbandry/

• Version 3.0 of the List of Institutional Resource Collections in Herpetology and Ichthyology is now available via the ASIH website (under Curation) at http://www.asih.org/node/204 .

• 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IUCN-SSC/WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL FRESHWATER FISH SPECIALIST GROUP

Global Challenges in Caring for and Conserving Freshwater Fishes 1–3 May 2012 Chester, UK see attached pdf                                     Submitted by Rick Mayden, March 15, 2012

• UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BIOLOGICAL STATION (UOBS) SUMMER SESSION - 2012 

UOBS offers several courses that might be of interest to ASIH student members, in particular Field Herpetology and Reservoir Fish Ecology.  See attached pdf

Contact:  Lawrence J. Weider, Professor of Zoology & Director, The University of Oklahoma Biological Station (UOBS)15389 Station Road, Kingston, OK 73439
phone:   1-405-325-4766 or 325-7438  ljweider@ou.edu

• HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL STATION: SUMMER COURSES - 2012
  

The Highlands Biological Station, an inter-institutional research center of the University of North Carolina, is pleased to present its summer 2012 schedule of field biology courses.  Included are courses related to salamander biology, molecular methods, climate change, and natural history. More information

FLYER FOR DOWNLOADING

CONTACT:
Michelle Ruigrok
Highlands Biological Station and Foundation
265 N. Sixth Street | Highlands, NC 28741
tel: Station 828.526.2602 | Foundation 828.526.2221
fax: 828.526.2797 | highlandsbiological.org

GRADUATE COURSE - EVOLUTIONARY ANATOMY OF FISHES - 2012
This course will introduce students to the morphological diversity of fishes through lectures and laboratory sections, and will also help students learn to approach anatomical problems in an evolutionary context and incorporate the morphology of fishes into their own research. The course will focus on the musculoskeletal system of fishes due to their immense character richness and importance in systematic ichthyology, although other organ systems will also be covered. Specimen and dissection based labs will give students direct experience in observing and studying anatomical systems. Course takes place from 4 -21 June 2012 at the Eastern Shore Lab of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary. Instructors are Drs. Eric J. Hilton and Peter Konstantinidis. Application deadline: 15 March 2012. For further information about the course and registration details please visit our website.

ASIH SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS FOR 2013 - DUE 1 APRIL 2012

Are you thinking about planning a symposium for the 2013 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 10-15 July 2013?  If so, Proposals are DUE to Henry R. Mushinsky (mushinsk@usf.edu) by 1 April 2012.  Your proposal should contain the following:  1. Symposium Title (or Topic);  2.  Name of the Symposium Chair (phone number and e-mail address) with the names of Associated Co-organizers; 3.
Information on topic and background; 4. What benefit is the topic to the Society?; 5. List of potential speakers and topics; 6.  Length of symposium (1/2 day, 1 day); and 7. Sources of funding other than ASIH; 8. ASIH funding requested and rationale (maximum per request = $1,500). Talks should be planned to fit into a 15 or 30 minute schedule, without exception. 

WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR THE JOINT MEETING LOGO!

JOB POSTINGS ON ASIH WEBSITE
Andres Lopez has taken over this responsibility for the ASIH.  Please send job ads to:  jalopez2@alaska.edu

2011 Election Results:  In the Board of Governor's elections, Darrel R. Frost was elected to serve a three-year term on the Henry S. Fitch Award Committee, Richard P. Vari was elected to serve a three year term on the Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award Committee, and Henry L. Bart was elected to serve a three-year term on the Robert K. Johnson Award Committee.  In the general election, all incumbent officers were re-elected. Christopher Beachy was elected to serve as Editor. Bryan L. Stuart was elected to serve as an associate editor for General Herpetology.  Terry Grande was elected as an associate editor for Genetics, Development & Morphology.  Robert E. Espinoza was elected to serve as the Book Review Editor for Herpetology.  Brian I. Crother was elected to serve as the chair of the nominating committee.  Emily Taylor, Anthony A. Echelle, and G. David Johnson were elected to serve on the nominating committee.  The herpetological members of the Class of 2016 are Christopher C. Austin, Catherine R. Bevier, J. Sean Doody, Clifford L. Fontenot, and Carol Spencer.  The ichthyologists in the Class of 2016 are:  Larry G. Allen, Mollie F. Cashner, Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., Scott A. Schaefer, and Alexandra M. Snyder.  The President-Elect for 2011 is William J. Matthews.  Congratulations to all and thanks to all those who agreed to stand in nomination.  The society could not run without your great sense of volunteerism. 

NEW ONLINE COPIEA VERSION
Please see notice at www.asih.org/news

Proposals for Symposia for 2012 are due on 1 March 2011.
For details, contact Robert Cashner.

For guidelines click here.

Nominations for officers for 2012
Brian Crother (bcrother@selu.edu ) is the chair of the Nominations Committee for 2011. In addition to finding persons willing to run for 5 year terms as governors, Roger and his committee need nominations for a President-Elect (Herpetology), members of the Nominating Committee and other positions should they become available. If you wish to nominate someone for office, please send that information directly to Brian Crother or to maureen.a.donnelly@gmail.com.

2012 Announcement for the Gibbs, Fitch & Johnson Awards
Nominations are solicited for the Robert H. Gibbs Jr., Memorial Award for Excellence in Systematic Ichthyology from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). To read more, click here

Color Photos for Copeia Front Cover
The new format for Copeia includes a color photo on each cover. For more information on this new development, click here.


Conservation Committee - Position Paper on Rattlesnake Roundups
The Conservation Committee's position paper on rattlesnake roundups was unanimously adopted by the ASIH Board of Governors during the 2006 Meeting in New Orleans and has been endorsed by the Society for the Study of Amphbians and Reptiles, the Herpetologists' League, the Gopher Tortoise Council, and the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society. To see the position paper, click here .