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1968- The Central Penn Chapter formally requests national recognition from the American Fisheries Society.  Twenty members are listed on the petition.

1969- AFS charters the Central Penn Chapter.

1975-  (Top)

• “Evaluation of fall stocking of legal-sized Brown trout” by Richard Snyder.
• “Pre-operational and post-operational studies of Conowingo Pond in reference to the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station” by Tim Robbins.
• “Trophic interactions of the Mottled sculpin Cottus bairdi in limestone creeks: The relation of fish size and food size” by William Walker.

1976-  (Top)

• “Rearing and stocking of shad in the Juniata River” by Jim Meade.
• “Ecological studies in the North Branch Susquehanna River” by Ted Jacobsen.
• “Distribution of Pennsylvania fishes” by Ed Cooper.
• “Remote sensing of aquatic ecosystems” by Todd Gustafson.
• “The use of size limits as a bass management tool” by Blake Weirich.
• “Competition for feeding strategies in young-of-the-year fish” by Donald Phoenix.
• “Farming the sea” by Neal Foster.
• “Recent advances in laboratory studies of fish orientation behavior” by Bill Reynolds.

1977-  (Top)

• “Research on fish distribution in the lower Susquehanna drainage” by Robert W. Malick, Jr.
• “Avoidance reactions of fishes during cold shock and oxygen depletion fish kills” by Robert Denoncourt.
• “The stream inventory program of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission” by Richard Snyder.
• “The growth and ecology of stocked Largemouth bass in Kahle Lake, Clarion-Venango Counties, Pennsylvania, with a comparison of collecting techniques” by Mike Kaufmann.
• “Food habits and growth of Rock bass in Stone Valley Lake” by Leah Glossner.
• “Occurrence of a monogenetic trematode, Gyrodactylus aratuli, on the Spotfin shiner” by John Kirby.
• “Effects of decreasing pH on cover-seeking and activity behaviors of Smallmouth bass” by David E. Cockley.
• “Diel drift of aquatic invertebrates” by Rich McCoy.

1978-  (Top)

• “Federal participation in disaster relief (OEP & FDAA) or how to rape Pennsylvania” by Jack Miller.
• “Environmental impacts of power plants, conventional, hydro-electric, and nuclear” by Alfred Eipper.
• “Decline and current efforts to restore American shad in the Susquehanna River” by Richard St. Pierre.
• “Highway construction-maintenance and the environment” by Wayne Kober.
• “Measurements of macro-invertebrate diversity in a small stream receiving strip-mine effluent” by William R. Kodrich.
• “Nutrient movements through lakeside marshes” by Todd Gustafson.
• “Who’s who and what’s what in the USFWS” by Richard McCoy.
• “Management implications of hybrid Esocids in Pennsylvania” by Robert Hesser.

1979-  (Top)

• “Heated effluent utilization for fish production” by Todd Beck.
• “Impacts and analysis of low flows on aquatic life” by Fred Johnson.
• “Sewage waste treatment by lagoons” by Rollin Clark.
• “Impacts of oils spills on the aquatic environment in Northwestern Pennsylvania” by John Andersen.
• “Impacts of surface mining with emphasis on recent federal legislation to control mining” by Don Mellgren.
• “Studies on infertile streams and trout of North-Central Pennsylvania” by Dean E. Arnold.

1980- The Central Penn Chapter hosts a winter ice fishing demonstration, led by Jack Miller.   (Top)

• “Diagnostic pathology: State of the art in Pennsylvania” by James Harvey and Joseph O’Grodnick.
• “A general approach to statistical analysis for classifying fishery resources” by Robert Lahr.
• “Effectiveness of mitigation procedures used for acid-heavy metal leachate: Impacts on fish populations in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee” by John Arway.
• “A look at the 80’s: Issues and problems facing the profession” by Ralph W. Abele.
• “Some similarities and differences in the behavior of wild and hatchery reared Brown trout” by Robert Bachman.
• “Investigations of Brown trout population dynamics in a limestone stream” by Richard Snyder.
• “Development Center activities” by Gary Theis.
• “A trout stream in winter” by Robert L. Butler.
• “Limnological investigations of the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisianna” by William Brenneman.

1981- Sixty members attend the joint Central Penn/Ohio Chapter seminar “Systems approaches to fishery management” at the University of Pittsburgh’s Pymatuning Biological Laboratory.
Monthly meeting schedule is initiated by the Central Penn Chapter.  (Top)

• “A creel survey of the Schuylkill River” by Douglass A. Nieman.
• “The fisheries research program at Wellsboro NFRDL” by Roger Herman.
• “Striper Odyssey” by Jim Valentine (1980 conservation film of the year).
• “Bioengineering:State-of-the-art in fisheries resource management” by Edward R. Miller.
• “Professional preparation to be an expert witness: Testifying on behalf of the environment” by Robert Ging.
• “Pennsylvania’s environmental outlook for the 80’s” by Larry Schweiger.
• “Distribution of fish in Pennsylvania” by Edwin L. Cooper.
• “Positive and negative aspects of professional certification” by Delano R. Graff.
• “Polyculture and milkfish culture in the Philippine Islands” by Michael Jahncke.
• “Techniques of farm pond management” by Richard Soderberg.

1982-  (Top)

• “Reproductive biology of hydropsychid caddis flies in the Susquehanna River” by William Deutsch.
• “The use of demand feeders at fish hatcheries” by Ivan McElwain.
• “State-of-the-art walleye culture in Pennsylvania” by Zenas Bean.
• “Coolwater diet development: A panel discussion” by Vincent Mudrak, Carol Lemm, Thomas R. Bender, Jr., and Ron Howey.
• “Stream biological impact of a chemical dust control/soil stabilization agent” by William Ettinger.
• “Implications of clear-cutting on the aquatic environment” by Greg Rishel.
• “The Pennsylvania Fish Commission’s Herpetology and Endangered Species Program” by Clark Shiffer.
• “The Lake trout in Lake Erie: Past, present and future” by Roger Kenyon.

1983-  (Top)

• “Restoration of anadromous fishes in Northeast River systems”  workshop hosted by the Central Penn Chapter, with 70 in attendance.
• Density regulatory mechanism of a wild Brown trout population in a stream” by Robert Bachman.
• “The Pennsylvania Fish Commission’s classification of trout waters” by Bill Frazier.
• “Movement of underyearling walleyes in response to visual and odor cues” by Donald Rottiers.
• “The effects of angling use and harvest on a Largemouth bass population” by William Kodrich and Robert Moore.
• “Current status of the Susquehanna River diadromous fish restoration effort” by Richard St. Pierre.

1984- The Central Penn Chapter begins circulation of a quarterly newsletter.   (Top)

• “Current fisheries investigation on the Susquehanna River below Conowingo Dam in Maryland” by E. Terry Euston.
• “Comparison of intensive hatchery culture with stocking of pre-spawn adult American shad for the restoration of stocks to the Susquehanna River” by Richard St. Pierre.
• “Sea lamprey surveillance in Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie” by Mike Hendricks.
• “Four years of farm pond fish population investigations” by Dick Soderberg.
• “Raystown Lake survey results” by Larry Jackson.
• “State of New York fish hatchery and fish health programs” by John Schachte.
• “Vulnerability of selected waters in the Mid-Atlantic (especially Pennsylvania) to acidification” by Dean Arnold.

1985- Joint annual meeting with the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society: “Environmental contaminants- fish and wildlife concerns”.  (Top)

• “Culture and restoration of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay” by L. Curry Woods.
• “Do hatchery management practices affect survival after stocking?” by Jim Meade.
• “Problems of inter-jurisdictional fishery management” by Ralph W. Abele.
• “Status of competitive fishing in the United States: Trends and state fisheries policies” by Michael Duttweiler.
• “Factors influencing survival of juvenile tiger muskellunge” by Robert Carline.
• “Age, growth, parasites and food habits of electrofished and angled muskellunge of the Susquehanna River near Berwick, Pennsylvania” by Bill Deutsch.
• “Ecology and evolution of Cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi” by Jay Stauffer.

1986- Chapter co-sponsors “Fifth trout stream habitat improvement workshop” at Lock Haven University.   (Top)

• “Skin tumors in Oneida Lake walleyes: Cornell University’s aquatic health program” by Paul Bowser.
• “Endangered fishes, reptiles and amphibians of Pennsylvania” by Clark Shiffer.
• “Everything you ever wanted to know about DER” by Bill Parsons.
• “An overview of Trout Unlimited’s national program” by Pam McClelland.
• “Cataract inheritance studies in Lake trout” by Harold Kincaid.
• “Development of fishery management plans on Forest Service lands” by Paul Brouha.
• “Ecological consequences of acid deposition on streams in the Laurel Highlands” by William Kimmel.
• “An evaluation of catch and release regulations on an urban Brown trout fishery” by Craig Billingsley.
• “The diversity of Lake Erie sportfishing” by Leroy Young.

1987- Central Penn Chapter sponsors workshops on “Current issues affecting Lake Erie” and “Microcomputers in fisheries management.”  (Top)

• “Effects of acid episodes on trout” by Charles Gagen.
• “Marking American shad otoliths with tetracycline antibiotics: Recent advances in methodology and application to restoration on the Susquehanna River” by Mike Hendricks.
• “Ecology and distribution of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, in Pennsylvania” by Bill Ettinger.
• “Evaluating the effects of gas supersaturation on cultured fish” by Bill Krise.
• “Eradication of the Blue tilapia from the lower Susquehanna River” by W. F. Skinner.
• “Distribution and abundance of Blue tilapia in the lower Susquehanna River” by Terry Euston.
• “Life history of the Blue tilapia” by Bob Denoncourt.
• “Planktonic algae of thermal effluents and in the stomachs of Blue tilapia” by Pat Winkler.
• “Water quality management of fish ponds” by Claude Boyd.
• “Atlantic salmon research at the Northeast Fishery Center” by Thomas Kane.

1988-  (Top)

• “Fisheries and wetlands” by Dennis Brown.

1989-  (Top)

• “Overview of the wild Brown trout fishery in Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania” by Robert Carline.
• “Finding of Pennsylvania Smallmouth bass studies” by Rickalon Hoopes.
• “Identifying the time and size of release of Spring yearling Coho salmon which produce maximum adult returns” by Robert Lorantas.
• “Results of two years of trout angler creel surveys in Pennsylvania” by Russell Greene.

1990-  (Top)

• “A chapter’s role in advancing Pennsylvania fisheries” by Paul Brouha.
• “Issues of non-independence in experimental design” by Jim Rosenberger.
• “Advantages and examples of using non-parametric statistics in the analysis of data from field studies” by Tom Hettmansperger.

1991- The Central Penn Chapter broadens its scope to become the Pennsylvania Chapter and adopts a formal mission statement.  (Top)

• “Water quality standards” by Richard Shertzer.
• “Pennsylvania scenic rivers program” by Roger Fickes.
• “Navigable waters” by Dennis Guise.

1992- The Pennsylvania Chapter hosts the “East coast trout culture and management workshop” in conjunction with the Chapter’s annual social event.
David Spotts receives the Chapters first “Outstanding Service Award.”  (Top)

• “Uncertainty and surprise in the response of communities to toxic chemicals” by James Pratt.
• “Aquatic toxicology: A landscape perspective” by Raymond Morgan.
• “Ecological and human dimensions of risk assessment” by Barbara Harper.
• “Historical perspective” by William Kennedy.
• “Future goals” by Dennis Ricker.
• “Closed system technology: Engineering, economics and marketing” by Mike Timmons.

1993- The Chapter hosts a youth fishing clinic for 50 participants, ages 6-12 in conjunction with Pennsylvania “Free fishing weekend.”
The Chapter hosts “First East coast trout management and culture workshop” at Penn State University.
The Pennsylvania Chapter by-laws are approved at the AFS annual meeting.  (Top)

• “Linear fish growth models for aquaculture” by Richard Soderberg.
• Utilization of strobe-light technology for safe passage through hydroelectric dams” by Ned Taft.
• “Aquaculture techniques in central Africa” by Jennifer McPeck.
• “Ecological perspectives of biodiversity” by Richard Raesly.
• “The role of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in biodiversity” by Charles Bier.
• “Rapid bioassessment methodology-  A measure of biodiversity” by Ron Hughey.

1994-  (Top)

• “Principles and techniques of electrofishing” seminar sponsored by the PA Chapter.
• “Use and harvest sport fishing study on Lake Erie” by Chuck Murray.
• “Pond production of walleye using organic and inorganic fertilizer” by Ben Tile.
• “Interactions between native and exotic trout: Effects of breeding overlap on reproductive behavior and habitat use” by Jeff Lupch.

1995- The Chapter hosts “Second East coast trout management and culture workshop” at Penn State University.   (Top)

• “Uses of GIS in fisheries” by John Arway.
• “Update on walleye fry studies for 1995” by Doug Peterson.
• “Modern myths of fisheries management” by Larry Nielsen.
• “A comparison of index station population estimates and a basinwide estimate of salmonids in a small Vermont stream” by Chris Wright.
• “History and influence of land use on aquatic habitat in the southern Appalachians – or ‘why the fishin’ ain’t what it used to be’” by C. Andrew Dolloff.

1996- The PA and New York Chapters co-sponsor a panfish workshop.
The PA Chapter endorses the “Teaming with Wildlife” initiative.
A student chapter of the AFS is formed at Penn State University.  (Top)

• “New dams for Pennsylvania” with talks by Dan Lispi, Janet Griff and Charles P. Trovel.
• “Overwinter survival and lipid content in walleye fingerlings” by Tim Copeland.
• “Using watershed analysis to teach fisheries management: Integrating fisheries and the ecosystem” by Paola Ferreri.
• “The restoration of the Reeves shad in China, and some observations on the Chinese culture” by Mike Hendricks.

1997- More than 30 chapter members participate in the annual Spring Creek Watershed cleanup.   (Top)

• “Media strategies for cheapskates” by Kristen Merriman Clarke.
• “Spring Creek riparian restoration demonstration project” by Andy Otten.

1998-  (Top)

• “Conserving Pennsylvania's rare fishes“ by Dave Argent.
• “The socio-political issues surrounding the formulation, passage and implementation of an Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Fishes list“ by Andy Shiels.

1999-  (Top)

• “Population biology of steelhead in Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie tributaries” by Brad Thompson.
• “Recipe for an angler” by Carl Richardson.

2000-  (Top)

• “Fluvial Geomorphology, Stream Restoration, and the Rosgen Stream Classification System“ by Jim Gracie and Benjamin Hayes.
• “Overview of Current Fisheries Related Research at NARL-Wellsboro“ by Jim Meade.
• “Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Studies in the Delaware and Susquehanna River Basins“ by Bob Ross and Dave Dropkin.
• “Status of National Fish Strain Registry“ by Harold Kincaid.
• “Thiamine Deficiency in Salmonids“ by Dale Honeyfield.
• “Freshwater Mussel Research and Surveys in Pennsylvania“ by Bill Lellis.

2001-  Spring Technical Meeting: A joint two-day meeting with the PA Chapter of The Wildlife Society.  Theme- Riparian Buffers: How wide and why? Includes “Workshop on Sampling techniques for Riparian Animalia.”   (Top)

Fall Technical Meeting:

• “Behavioral evidence for American shad chemoattraction to conspecifics” by Jeff Michaels (poster).
• “Possible effects of perchlorate on the endocrine and reproductive systems of goldfish, Carassius auratus“ by Neil Crouch.
• “Response to riparian restoration in a central PA watershed“ by Mary Walsh.
• “Round gobies in Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie” by Renea Ruffing.

2002-  Spring Technical Meeting:  (Top)

• “Aquatic Nuisance Species in Lake Erie: The Pennsylvania Perspective” by Chuck Murray, PFBC.
• “Aquatic Nuisance Management in New York” by Tim Sinnott, NY DEC, ANS Coordinator.
• “Federal Perspectives on Aquatic Nuisance Species” by Sandra Keppner, USFWS, ANS Coordinator, Amherst, NY.

• “The impacts of acid deposition on Pennsylvania headwater streams” by William Kimmel
• “An IBI for the assessment of warmwater streams in the bituminous coal region of southwestern Pennsylvania” by Robert Ventorini.
• “Aspects of small urban stream fisheries” by Michael Koryak.

2003-  Spring Technical Meeting: A joint two-day spring meeting with the PA Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Theme- “Pennsylvania’s Changing Landscape: What Does The Future Hold For Our Natural Resources?” Includes workshop on “Natural Resource Planning on Private Lands.”  (Top)

Fall Technical Meeting: Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Room 250, Gemmell Student Center, October 24, 2003.

• “The impacts of pesticides on aquatic communities in Pennsylvania” by Rick Relyea.
• “PCBs in Pennsylvania hatchery trout” by Patrick Barry.
• “Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on fish” by Erin Snyder.

2004-  (Top)

• “Ecological Indicators of Hypoxia in Lake Erie” by Hunter Carrick, Penn State University.
• “The Past and Present of Oneida Lake Fisheries: Times are a-Changin” by Randy Jackson, Cornell University.
• “Current Happenings and Future Directions of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission” by Douglas Austen, PFBC.
• “A Morphological Investigation of the Hybridization of Two Cyprinid Fishes, Luxilus cornutus and Luxilus chrysocephalus, in Pennsylvania" by Kristin Black, Penn State University.
• “Assessment of the Paddlefish Reintroduction Program in Pennsylvania" by Robert Carline (presenter), P. Barry, D. Counahan, D. Argent, and W. Kimmel.
• “Reduction of Pollution from Trout Aquaculture" by Dr. Richard W. Soderberg, Mansfield University.

2005-  (Top)

• “Electrofishing- Then and Now” by Dr. Edwin Cooper.
• “Pennsylvania Dirt and Gravel Road program: How it started” by Dr. Edward Bellis.
• “Effects of Regulations on Wild Trout” by Dr. Robert Bachman.
• “Overview of the direction of WRCP” by Sara Nicholas: Executive Director, Wild Resource Conservation Program.
• “Discovery of a member of the Cambarus acuminatus complex (Decapoda) in Pennsylvania with notes on its conservation status and biology” by David Lieb: Research Assistant, Penn State University.
• “Rare fishes, reptiles and amphibians of eastern Pennsylvania” by Richard Horwitz, PhD: Senior Scientist and Fisheries Section Leader, Patrick Center for Environmental Research (PCER), Academy of Natural Sciences.

2006-  Spring Technical Meeting: A joint two-day spring meeting with the PA Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Theme- “The Raw Material of Conservation: Inventory and Ranking Species and Habitats of Concern”   (Top)

Compiled by Dan McGarvey, Feb. 23, 1998, updated by Mike Hendricks, March 22, 2006.