Candidate Statement for WDAFS Secretary/Treasurer

Ed Cheslak

Ed Cheslak is a principal aquatic ecologist for LFR Levine-Fricke (a full service environmental consulting firm with corporate headquarters in Emeryville, CA) and is manager of their Ecological Services group. He has more than 26 years of experience in conducting, directing, analyzing, and evaluating applied ecological studies, experiments and assessments in streams, lakes, estuaries, riparian corridors, and wetland ecosystems. This experience includes analysis of the effects of flow modifications, habitat alterations, and nonpoint discharges on stream water quality, fisheries, aquatic invertebrates, and riparian communities. Most recently he has been active in managing wetland restoration projects and ecological risk assessments.

Ed has been active in local chapter and Western Division activities for many years and is a life member of the society. He served as the treasurer of the Cal-Neva Chapter in 1993-1995. Presently he is serving as the appointed Secretary-treasurer of the WDAFS to complete the term of the elected individual who moved away from the Division. He is seeking election to this office to continue this valuable and critical service and maintain active participation in the Division and its programs. Ed supports active involvement of fishery professionals in AFS at the local, regional, and national levels. He sees involvement in AFS as a way of sustaining, enhancing, and deepening one’s role as a professional in society.