One of our current interns, Meggie Gaddy, has an upcoming symposium for the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. There, she will present the research she has been involved in this summer. For more information about this program, visit NGRREC’s website: http://www.ngrrec.org/About/
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Welcoming Jingting!
We’d like to welcome our new intern, Jingting, who is here for the summer studying angler behavior! She is a part of the college of ACES’ international program, ISIP, which gives international students the opportunity to do research and explore the graduate programs here at the university. We’re very excited to have her join our […]
Fishing Trip!
Our chartered Lake Michigan fishing trip in June was such a success- lots of great catches and memories to go around! We were able to speak to local fishery experts to help aid our research and gain a better understanding of fishery management. It was definitely a memorable experience and a great kick-off for the […]
ISSRM 2018
This summer, our AIS team was thrilled to be a part of the 2018 ISSRM (International Symposium on Society and Resource Management) in Salt Lake City, Utah! Two of our researchers, Elizabeth Golebie and Max Eriksson, gave fantastic presentations regarding our AIS research. Overall, it was a great experience to collaborate and hear from so […]
Trip updates
Over the course of the past few weeks, there have been several exciting trips that our lab members have embarked on to engage with local fishery and natural resource stakeholders. A couple of our interns were given the opportunity to go on a week-long NGRREC field course, where they were able to get hands-on experiences […]
Welcome new team members!
This summer we’re having several new members join our research team. We’d like to welcome Max Eriksson, Meggie Gaddy, and Effie Lu- we look forward to you all joining us! Keep a look out for each of their short bio’s in the “Research Team” section!
Dr. Stedman’s visit to UIUC
Last week, Dr. Rich Stedman flew from Ithaca to Champaign to visit the UIUC campus. In addition to finally meeting some research team members in person, he presented Aquatic Invasive Species and Social-Ecological Systems: A Great (Lakes) Program of Research at the NRES Departmental Seminar. His discussion of the potential economic impacts of changing environmental conditions in […]
Continuing engagement with fisheries organizations
The next two weeks will remain a busy time for the group, and we’re looking forward to continuing our engagement with fisheries managers and researchers. On April 24th, we will be meeting with the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. The next week, we’ll attend the Council of Lake Committees meeting in Windsor, Ontario from May 1st-2nd. […]
Welcoming a visit from Fisheries Chief Dan Stephenson
The research group was excited to welcome Dan Stephenson to the UIUC Campus yesterday to share his insights as the Chief of the Division of Fisheries at the Illinois DNR. After presenting as a guest lecturer in Dr. van Riper’s class, Mr. Stephenson met with the students working in Dr. Suski’s and Dr. van Riper’s […]
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission Committees Meetings
After attending the Upper Lake Committees Meeting from March 19th to 22nd in Sault Ste. Marie, Dr. van Riper and Elizabeth Gollebie are looking forward to traveling to Toronto this week for the Lower Lake Committees Meeting. These committee meetings are a great opportunity for the team to learn more about Great Lakes management activities and […]