Re: NANFA-- Conservation Research Grant Awarded

George Arndt (georgeacim_at_hotmail.com)
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:52:54 -0500

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WOW GREAT. I feel great and proud to be a member of a group that is doings
such good things. congratulations to Jean Krejca. your project sounds
wonderful and I look forward to reading about your work in American
Currents. and I would like to encourage you to drop us a line through this
email listings ahead of time to let us know how your work is going.

george arndt
harvard, mass

>From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: NANFA-- Conservation Research Grant Awarded
>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 16:34:59 -0500
>
>The winner of NANFA's first Conservation Research Grant is Jean Krejca, a
>doctoral student at the University of Texas in Dean Hendrickson's lab. Jean
>will use the $1000 award this summer to investigate the biology of a rare
>species of blind cave catfish, Prietella phreatophila. This catfish has a
>very limited range in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The water supply of
>the
>caves the fish is found in are threatened by the expansion of neighboring
>cities and coal mines. To investigate this fish, Jean and others in her
>research group will SCUBA dive in the cave stream systems to observe this
>fish and collect data on its life history. As a stipulation for the award
>Jean will write an account of her field work in American Currents in about
>a
>year.
>
>I want to thank the other members of the Conservation Research Grant
>committee: Gerald Binczik, Gene Helfman and Mark Binkley. We received 14
>proposals which were all interesting ideas, and deciding a winner was not
>an
>easy decision. We plan on making this an annual award by NANFA. The next
>deadline will be next January for proposals.
>
>--Bruce Stallsmith
>Huntsville, AL
>
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