Support students training to become fisheries professionals through monetary travel grants to attend the Chapter's annual meeting. Acknowlege the student who has excelled at our annual meeting with the Lew Osborne Award . The winner is provided with funds to present the winning paper at a national or regional professional fisheries meeting. Expand the knowlege of the fisheries professionals through Continuing Education Courses . Course topics range from fisheries statistics and modelling through identification of aquatic plants and animals.
Courses are typical held in the early fall at an outdoor field station or an Illinois university.
Newsletter The purpose of the Illinois Chapter's newsletter is to keep the membership informed of current IAFS and Illinois aquatic resource activities. This award-winning newletter is published three times per year. The Chapter believes that misinformation or emotional reaction can lead to poor decision making and policy. To assure that professional, biologically-correct information is made available to the public and decision makers, the Chapter is involved with two processes, the Illinois Environmental Council and the Illinois Conservation Congress. The IEC is an association of environmental organizations united to review legislation relating to environmental issues in Illinois.