1999 Annual Western Division AFS Meeting
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
July 12-14, 1999

Continuing Education Courses

Sunday, July 11, 1999

Three Continuing Education short courses will be offered for credit on Sunday, July 11. For details not provided below, contact Norma Jo Johnson or Karla Makus (208-885-6434, fish_wildlife@uidaho.edu)

Metapopulation Analysis

Introduction to, or in-depth summary of, recent developments in our understanding and approaches to managing populations of animals and plants distributed across landscapes. Hands-on experience in the use of statistical, simulation modeling, and GIS software by analyzing recent data on the distribution and abundance of fish and wildlife populations in the Pacific Northwest.

Instructor: Dr. E.O. Garton, Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho

Date: Sunday, July 11.

Location: University of Idaho campus, Administration Building, Room 225

3.5 hour session repeated in morning and afternoon. (8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon or 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Registration fee $35.00, with purchase orders accepted.

Offered for credit by American Fisheries Society

Bootstrapping Techniques

Introduction for those who know little, if anything, about bootstrapping and want to get started. Will start with "what is a standard error" and proceed to "what is bootstrapping and how do you do it", ending up with examples of bootstrapping using some standard statistics package like SYSTAT. Participants will have an opportunity to have hands-on experience with bootstrapping in a computer lab during the workshop.

Instructor: Dr. Kirk Steinhorst, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Idaho.

Date: Sunday, July 11

Location: University of Idaho campus, College of Forestry, Rooms 10 and 11A

3.5 hour session repeated in morning and afternoon. (8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon or 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Registration fee $35.00, with purchase orders accepted.

Offered for credit by American Fisheries Society

Practical Genetics for Fisheries Biologists

Introduction to various molecular and biochemical methods used to describe genetic variation among populations and within individuals; overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each method, and description of how results from each method can be interpreted and applied.

Instructors: Dr. Madison Powell, Research Scientist and Dr. Richard N. Williams, Research Associate Professor, Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station.

Date: Sunday, July 11 (all day course), 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: University of Idaho campus, College of Forestry, Room 108

Registration fee: $7.00, members; $10.00, non-members

Offered for credit by American Fisheries Society

For more information regarding this continuing education course, contact Dr. Matt Powell by phone at 208/837-9096 or by email at fishdna@micron.net