World’s largest fisheries organization recognizes Minnesota’s aquatic education

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World’s largest fisheries organization recognizes Minnesota’s aquatic education
(Released April 18, 2011)


The American Fisheries Society (AFS) has selected MinnAqua, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) aquatic education program, for its 2010 Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project Award in the aquatic education program category.

MinnAqua information: http://mndnr.gov/minnaqua

 
MinnAqua is part of the outreach section of the DNR’s Fish and Wildlife Division. The program received the award for its “Fishing: Get In The Habitat!” curriculum and the accompanying quarterly newsletter, “MinnAqua Moments,” which helps educators implement the curriculum in their classrooms.

The award draws national attention to the importance and effectiveness of the Sport Fish Restoration program, and acknowledges excellence in fisheries management, research and education.

“The curriculum and newsletter are tools that help us accomplish our mission with help from others,” said Jenifer Wical, MinnAqua program supervisor. “Our users say it best.”

“Please know that I greatly appreciate this piece of work as a teacher and as a teacher of teachers,” said Randee Edmundson, program development manager for Eco Education. This St. Paul-based organization fosters within young people the appreciation, knowledge, values and skills necessary to inspire ecologically sound decisions and actions. “It has such depth and flexibility, making it a grand resource that is timeless.”

AFS is the world’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science and conserving fisheries resources.

Administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Sport Fish Restoration program in Minnesota reimburses state dollars with excise tax revenue from fishing equipment and motor boat fuel sales.