Cultivating the Great Lakes: Retrospective Views on Lake Michigan Fishery Policy and Management

This is to invite you to Cultivating the Great Lakes: Retrospective Views on Lake Michigan Fishery Policy and Management. This panel discussion will include Carlos Fetterolf, formerly of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Stan Lievense, formerly of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Stan Smith, Ph.D., formerly of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Howard Tanner, Ph.D., formerly of the Michigan DNR and Michigan State University. The discussion will focus on the history of fisheries management and policy during the 1950s through the 1980s, with emphasis on the growth of the Great Lakes sport fishery.

The panel discussion will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2000 at 7:00 PM at the Michigan Historical Center in Lansing. It is my hope that you will extend this invitation to your staff and professional contacts.

Cultivating the Great Lakes is co-sponsored by the Great Lakes Center for Maritime Studies and the Michigan Historical Center. It is offered in conjunction with the opening of Fish for All: Perspectives on the History of Lake Michigan Fisheries Management and Policy at Michigan State University Museum on June 11,2000. Please feel free to call Kristin M. Szylvian or Michael Chiarappa at 616-387-7330 or e-mail us at GLCMS@wmich.edu with any questions or comments.