DETAILS

Starts: October 5, 2024

Meets: SN

CREDITS AVAILABLE

Workshop Contact Hours: 14 hrs

Meet Your Instructors

Andrew Phillips

Environmental Specialist II, Ecological Assessment Unit, Fish Evaluation Group, OEPA Division of Surface Water

Brian Schmidt

Fisheries Biologist II, ODNR Division of Wildlife

Eugene Braig , IV

Board Member, Friends of Stone Laboratory

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Prerequisites

For undergraduate students interested in seasonal agency work and fisheries biology professions.

Description

An intensive, two-day workshop designed to demonstrate the fish-sampling gears most commonly used by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife (ODW) and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) for undergraduate students interested in seasonal agency work and fisheries biology professions. Stone Lab, ODW, and OEPA biologists provide hands-on experience with fyke nets, gill nets, trawls, and boat-based as well as wading electrofishing methods. Offered over one weekend early in autumn semester.

Workshop registration is first-come, first-served and limited to 9 participants. Preference will be given to undergraduate college students until September 5. Participants will not receive college credit.

Workshop fee includes room and meals.