NEWS, PRESS & UPDATES:

ANNOUNCEMENTS & JOBS:
NEW! POSITION AVAILABLE: Fish Conservation Biologist, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

NEW! Humboldt Institute 2010 Natural History Science Field Seminars, Steuben, ME

NEW!Sign up for the Gulf of Maine Council E-zone Newsletter.

Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA.

Species of Concern Fisheries Technician Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Gloucester, MA

CONFERENCES:
NEW! American Fisheries Society's National Meeting

NEW! Call for AIC newsletter submissions!

4th National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, MD

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Conference and Expo on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Due 2 March 2010

IN THE NEWS:
Maine Rivers Fall 2009 Newsletter

Striped Bass Survey Shows Young of the Year Population Declines

Interview with Ted Ames of the Penobscot East Resource Center

Fish Count Paves Way For Dam Removals on the Penobscot

VIDEO!!! Researchers go electro-fishing in Maine's Penobscot

ARCHIVED NEWS:
DMR Penobscot Operational Plan Finalized

Possible Machias Dike Worries Landowners

Salmon restoration advocates tout dam removal on tributary of Underscoring

Maine Legislature Passes New Rules to Help Fish Navigate Culverts

Commission Urges Maine to Open St. Croix River to Sea-Run Alewife

Project SHARE Receives 1.7 Million to Conduct Restoration Work in Washington County.

Penobscot Trust Awarded Funds to Remove Fish Passage Barriers

DSRRN Update
NEW! First Workshop and Synthesis Paper Planned for April 2010

July 2009 Science Meeting Conference Materials Breakout Session Notes, Plenary Presentations

Penobscot Science Exchange
Penobscot Exchange Information & Documents

Funding Opportunities
NEW! Wildlife Management Institute Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program Due March 1

NOAA Estuary Habitat Restoration Funding Due March 16

NOAA Protected Species Conservation Grant Due February 11

Research Updates earch Updates
In Bioscience: Dramatic declines in North Atlantic diadromous fishes by Limburg, K.E., and J. R. Waldman

2009 State of the Estuaries Report for Piscataqua Region Estuaries

GOMC-NOAA Habitat Restoration Grants Awarded!

State Considers Ocean Energy Testing Areas in Maine Waters


Fisheries and Restoration Links
NEW! Global Restoration Network

NOAA's Status of Fishery Resources off the Northeastern United States

National River Restoration Science Synthesis

Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information

NOAA Restoration Projects Atlas Online

Conferences & Meetings
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Oregon, Maryland, Texas, and Maine

Core Partners
Penobscot Trust, Penobscot Indian Nation, and more.....