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The '''Society for Freshwater Science''' (SFS) is an international [[Learned society|scientific society]] whose members study [[Freshwater ecosystem|freshwater ecosystems]] ([[river|rivers]], [[stream|streams]], [[lake|lakes]], [[reservoir]]s, and [[estuary|estuaries]]) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats ([[wetland|wetlands]], [[bog|bogs]], [[fen|fens]], [[riparian forest|riparian forests]], and [[grassland|grasslands]]).
The '''Society for Freshwater Science''' (SFS) is an international [[Learned society|scientific society]] whose members study [[freshwater ecosystem]]s ([[river]]s, [[stream]]s, [[lake]]s, [[reservoir]]s, and [[estuary|estuaries]]) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats ([[wetland]]s, [[bog]]s, [[fen]]s, [[riparian forest]]s, and [[grassland]]s).


== History ==
== History ==
The Society for Freshwater Science was founded in 1953 in [[Havana, Illinois]] by 13 charter members, and was called the Midwest Benthological Society<ref>{{cite web
The Society for Freshwater Science was founded in 1953 in [[Havana, Illinois]] by 13 charter members, and was called the Midwest [[Benthos|Benthological]] Society.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/
|title= SFS
|title= SFS
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
}}</ref>. It was later known as the North American Benthological Society before being renamed the Society for Freshwater Science.
}}</ref> It was later known as the North American Benthological Society before being renamed the Society for Freshwater Science.


== Membership ==
== Membership and Governance ==
Currently, SFS has over 1800 members<ref>{{cite web
Currently, SFS is approaching 1800 members.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/
|title= SFS
|title= SFS
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
}}</ref>. The majority of members are students and are from [[North America]]. Members are employed in [[Academy|academia]], [[Consultant|consulting]], federal and state agencies, and other governmental positions.
}}</ref> The majority of members are students and are from [[North America]] and are students. Members are employed in [[Academy|academia]], [[Consultant|consulting]], federal and state agencies, and other governmental positions. Members are elected as officers and delegates by their fellow society members.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Constitution & By-Laws {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/about/society-governance/constitution-laws|access-date=2021-04-23|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>


== Annual Meetings ==
=== Executive committee ===
The executive committee is responsible for day-to-day business of the society and is made up of member officers elected by their peers. It includes the current president, the past president, the president-Elect, the treasurer, and the secretary; the current vice president, the vice president-elect, the public information and policy representative, the chair of the finance committee and the executive director participate in the committee but are non-voting members.<ref name=":3" /> Thus, being elected president of the society represents a three-year service role (one year each as president-Elect, president, and past president), and being elected vice president is a two-year role (one year each as vice president-elect and vice president).
SFS hosts an annual meeting for its members. On occasion, SFS has partnered with other scientific societies, such as the [[American Geophysical Union]] (AGU), the [[Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography]] (ASLO), the [[Phycological Society of America]], and the [[Society of Wetland Scientists]] to host joint meetings <ref>{{cite web

==== Presidents ====
Recent presidents of the society include:
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Year Elected
!Year President
|-
|Sherri Johnson
|2022
|2023-2024
|-
|Steven Thomas
|2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFS Announces 2021 Leadership Election Results {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/news/sfs-announces-2021-leadership-election-results|access-date=2021-05-28|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|2022-2023
|-
|[[Ashley Moerke]]
|2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Sharmay|date=2020-06-19|title=Dr. Ashley Moerke Elected as President of the Society of Freshwater Science|url=https://www.lssu.edu/news/dr-ashley-moerke-elected-as-president-of-the-society-of-freshwater-science/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Lake Superior State University|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2021-2022
|-
|[[Alonso Ramírez (ecologist)|Alonso Ramírez]]
|2019<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-29|title=Prof. Alonso Ramirez elected President of the Society of Freshwater Science {{!}} Applied Ecology {{!}} NC State University|url=https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/news/prof-ramirez-president-society-of-freshwater-science/|access-date=2021-04-22|language=en}}</ref>
|2020-2021
|-
|[[Amy Rosemond]]
|2018<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-31|title=Odum School of Ecology {{!}} Rosemond is new president of Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://www.ecology.uga.edu/rosemond-new-sfs-president/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Odum School of Ecology|language=en}}</ref>
|2019-2020
|-
|[[Jennifer Tank]]
|2017<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Past Officers & Committees (2017-2018) {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/about/society-governance/officers-committees/2017-2018-|access-date=2021-04-22|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|2018-2019
|-
|Colden Baxter
|2016<ref name=":0" />
|2017-2018
|-
|[[Emily Bernhardt]]
|2015<ref name=":0" />
|2016-2017
|-
|Matt R. Whiles
|2014
|2015-2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt R. Whiles|url=https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/sustainability-new/pdfs/cvs/Tuchman%20CV%20March%202017.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences}}</ref>
|-
|David L. Strayer
|2013
|2014-2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae David L. Strayer|url=https://www.caryinstitute.org/sites/default/files/downloads/bio/strayer.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Cary Institute}}</ref>
|-
|Randall Fuller
|2012
|2013-2014<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Penrose|first=David|date=2013|title=The Society for Freshwater Science|journal=Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin|language=en|volume=22|issue=4|pages=102–104|doi=10.1002/lob.2013224101|issn=1539-6088|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|-
|David Penrose
|2011
|2012-2013<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Joe Holomuzki
|2010
|2011-2012<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2019|title=USGS Retirees Newsletter No. 182|url=http://www.wrdretirees.org/Newsletters/feb19.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=USGS Retirees}}</ref>
|-
|Lucinda B. Johnson
|2009
|2010-2011<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV, Lucinda B. Johnson|url=https://www.nrri.umn.edu/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/umd_fac_staff/johnson_vita_nov_2019_short.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nancy Tuchman]]
|2008
|2009-2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae - Nancy Tuchman|url=https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/sustainability-new/pdfs/cvs/Tuchman%20CV%20March%202017.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Loyola University Chicago}}</ref>
|-
|Nick Aumen
|2007
|2008-2009<ref name=":1" />
|-
|R. Jan Stevenson
|2006
|2007-2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 SFS Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/2020-sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-23|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|-
|N. LeRoy Poff
|2005
|2006-2007<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Barbour|first1=Michael T.|last2=Poff|first2=N. LeRoy|last3=Norris|first3=Richard H.|last4=Allan|first4=J. David|date=2008|title=Perspective: Communicating our science to influence public policy|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1899/07-051.1|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=27|issue=3|pages=562–569|doi=10.1899/07-051.1|jstor=10.1899/07-051.1 |s2cid=7973009 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Michael T. Barbour
|2004
|2005-2006<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Clifford N. Dahm
|2003
|2004-2005<ref name=":1" />
|-
|F. Richard Hauer
|2002
|2003-2004<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-27|title=F. RICHARD HAUER, Ph.D.|url=http://www.cas.umt.edu/facultydatabase/FILES_Faculty/885/Hauer_CV_6-27-16.doc|access-date=2021-04-22|website=University of Montana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Catherine Pringle|Catherine M. Pringle]]
|2001
|2002-2003<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003-03-01|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/jnortamerbentsoc.22.1.1467972|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=22|issue=1|doi=10.1086/jnortamerbentsoc.22.1.1467972|issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Bernard W. Sweeney
|2000
|2001-2002<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Joseph Culp
|1999
|2000-2001<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1999-06-01|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/jnortamerbentsoc.18.2.1468458|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=18|issue=2|doi=10.1086/jnortamerbentsoc.18.2.1468458|issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nancy Grimm]]
|1998
|1999-2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae, Nancy Beth Grimm|url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/71704/cv|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Arizona State University}}</ref>
|-
|Leonard Smock
|1997
|1998-1999<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Gary A. Lamberti
|1996
|1997-1998<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2020|title=Gary A. Lamberti Curriculum Vitae|url=https://swel.nd.edu/assets/260712/Lamberticv_February2020.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=University of Notre Dame}}</ref>
|-
|Jack A. Stanford
|1995
|1996-1997<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-10|title=Jack A. Stanford|url=https://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs/media/1675/stanford-full-cv-aug-18.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=[[Flathead Lake Biological Station]]}}</ref>
|-
|Alan P. Covich
|1994
|1995-1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Fellow - Alan Covich|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/sfs-fellows/2019-covich|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Society for Freshwater Science}}</ref>
|-
|Ernest F. Benfield
|1993
|1994-1995<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Colbert E. Cushing
|1992
|1993-1994<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1994|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467259|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=13|issue=1|jstor=1467259 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Charles F. Rabeni
|1991
|1992-1993<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1993|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467678|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=12|issue=1|jstor=1467678 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|J. Bruce Wallace
|1990
|1991-1992<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=https://www.ecology.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wallacecv.pdf|access-date=2021-04-22|website=University of Georgia}}</ref>
|-
|Stuart G. Fisher
|1989
|1990-1991<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1991|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467757|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=10|issue=1|pages=81|doi=10.1086/jnortamerbentsoc.10.1.1467757 |jstor=1467757 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Leonard Ferrington
|1988
|1989-1990<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Arthur C. Benke
|1987
|1988-1989<ref name=":1" />
|-
|James Ward
|1986
|1987-1988<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1988|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467825|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=7|issue=1|jstor=1467825 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|David M. Rosenberg
|1985
|1986-1987<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1987|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467518|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=6|issue=1|jstor=1467518 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Edwin Masteller
|1984
|1985-1986<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1986|title=Front Matter|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1467741|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=5|issue=1|jstor=1467741 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>
|-
|Richard W. Merritt
|1983
|1984-1985<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Vincent H. Resh]]
|1982
|1983-1984
|}

=== Other committees ===
The society is also governed by a board of directors and 19 standing committees: a finance committee, a board of trustees of the endowment fund, a development Committee, a Journal Endowment Committee, an Election and Place Committee, an Awards Selection Committee, a Long-Range Planning Committee, an Annual Meeting Committee, a Publications Committee, a Public Information and Policy Committee, a Constitutional Revision Committee, a Student Resources Committee, an Early Career Committee, a Taxonomic Certification Committee, a Technical Issues Committee, a Science and Policy Committee, an International Coordination Committee, a Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee, and an Education and Diversity Committee.<ref name=":3" /> As of 2021, the society also had three ad hoc committees: the Code of Conduct Committee, the JEDI Task Force focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the Membership and Data Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Officers & Committees {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/about/society-governance/officers-committees|access-date=2021-04-23|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>

== Annual meetings ==
SFS hosts an annual meeting for its members. On occasion, SFS has partnered with other scientific societies, such as the [[American Geophysical Union]] (AGU), the [[Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography]] (ASLO), the [[Phycological Society of America]], and the [[Society of Wetland Scientists]] to host joint meetings.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/annual-meeting-info
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/annual-meeting-info
|title= Annual Meeting
|title= Annual Meeting
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
}}</ref>.
}}</ref>


== Journal ==
== Journal ==
The main publication of the Society is the journal ''Freshwater Science''<ref>{{cite web
The main [[academic journal]] of the Society is the journal ''Freshwater Science''.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/publications/freshwater-science-info
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/publications/freshwater-science-info
|title= Freshwater Science
|title= Freshwater Science
|publisher= University of Chicago Press
|publisher= University of Chicago Press
}}</ref>. 4 issues are published each year. The journal was first published in 1982 and called ''Freshwater Invertebrate Biology''. In 1986 the title was changed to ''Journal of the North American Benthological Society'', and the title was changed again in 2012 to ''Freshwater Science''.
}}</ref> 4 issues are published each year. The journal was first published in 1982 and called ''Freshwater Invertebrate Biology''. In 1986 the title was changed to ''Journal of the North American Benthological Society'', and the title was changed again in 2012 to ''Freshwater Science''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Silver|first=Pamela|date=2011-12-01|title=Editorial: A New Title for J-NABS|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1899/30.4.E.1138.1|journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society|volume=30|issue=4|pages=1138|doi=10.1899/30.4.E.1138.1|s2cid=83972400 |issn=0887-3593}}</ref>


About once a year the journal publishes open-access fact sheets called [https://freshwater-science.org/publications/freshwater-science/bridges-fact-sheets BRIDGES] that cover new ideas in aquatic science using non-technical language.
About once a year the journal publishes open-access fact sheets called BRIDGES that cover new ideas in aquatic science using non-technical language.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BRIDGES Fact Sheets {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/publications/freshwater-science/bridges-fact-sheets|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>


== Awards & Programs ==
== Awards ==
SFS gives out awards annually to its members, including naming members as [https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/sfs-fellows SFS Fellows]. Recent SFS Fellows include [[Nancy Grimm]], [[Mary Eleanor Power| Mary Power]], N. LeRoy Poff, Matt Whiles, Jeremy Monroe, Alan Covich, and Richard Hauer<ref>{{cite web
SFS gives out awards annually to its members, including naming members as SFS Fellows who have made excellent contributions to freshwater science over many years. The SFS Fellows program began in 2017 with a large first "class" of fellows:
{| class="wikitable"
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/sfs-fellows
!Year
|title= SFS Fellows
!SFS Fellows Named
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|-
}}</ref>.
|2017
|Clifford N. Dahm, David Penrose, Richard W. Merritt, James Ward, Dave Allen, Ben Stout, Jack A. Stanford, Jim Harrington, Bobbi Peckarski, Ken Cummins, Jerry Jacobi, Bob Hughes, [[Vincent H. Resh]], Colin Townsend, Michael T. Barbour, Sam Lake, Stephen Hamilton, Stuart G. Fisher, Jack Webster, [[Margaret A. Palmer]], Jim Karr, Walter Dodds, Arthur C. Benke, Wayne Minshall, J. Bruce Wallace, Judith L. Meyer, Susan Jackson<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 SFS Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/fellows-program-nomination-information/2017-sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[Emily Stanley]], Gary A. Lamberti, Chuck Hawkins, Denis Newbold<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018 SFS Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/fellows-program-nomination-information/2018-sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Nancy Grimm]], Alan P. Covich, F. Richard Hauer, [[Mary Eleanor Power|Mary E. Power]], Jeremy Monroe, Matt Whiles, N. LeRoy Poff<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 SFS Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/fellows-program-nomination-information/2019-sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[Emily Bernhardt]], Lucinda B. Johnson, [[Jennifer Tank]], [[Valeria Souza]], R. Jan Stevenson<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 SFS Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/2020-sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|Leonard Ferrington, Mary Freeman, Judith Li, John Morse, Alan Steinman, Caryn Vaughn<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society for Freshwater Science Fellows {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/sfs-fellows|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>
|}
SFS also awards several other awards on an annual basis: the Award of Excellence, the Distinguished Service Award, the Environmental Stewardship Award, and [[Hynes Award for New Investigators]], named after Noel Hynes;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Career Awards {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/career-awards|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref> the Graduate Student Conservation Research Award;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conservation Research Award {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/conservation-research-award|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref> and awards for the best presentations and posters delivered by students at each annual meeting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Presentation Awards {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/student-presentation-awards|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>


== Programs ==
The [https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/instars-program Instars] mentoring program supports [[Underrepresented group|underrepresented groups]] in freshwater science. Students who are accepted into the program as mentees are assigned a graduate student mentor who helps them network at the Annual Meeting<ref>{{cite web
The Instars and Emerge mentoring programs support [[underrepresented group]]s in freshwater science. Students who are accepted into the Instars program as mentees are assigned a graduate student mentor who helps them network at the annual meeting, while the Emerge program provides year-round mentoring.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/instars-program
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/instars-program
|title= Instars Mentoring Program
|title= Instars Mentoring Program
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
}}</ref>.
}}</ref>


SFS partners with the [https://stroudcenter.org/sfstcp/ Stroud Center] to provide an aquatic invertebrate taxonomic certification program for its members<ref>{{cite web
SFS partners with the [[Stroud Water Research Center|Stroud Center]] to provide an aquatic [[Benthos|invertebrate]] [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] certification program for its members.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://stroudcenter.org/sfstcp/
|url= https://stroudcenter.org/sfstcp/
|title= Stroud Center Taxonomic Certification
|title= Stroud Center Taxonomic Certification
|publisher= Stroud Water Research Center
|publisher= Stroud Water Research Center
}}</ref>.
}}</ref>

The society's endowment is also used to fund small awards for research and travel, particularly by students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Endowment Award {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/endowment-award-program|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>


== Outreach ==
== Outreach ==
SFS has several programs focused on outreach to broader audiences <ref>{{cite web
SFS has several programs focused on outreach to broader audiences.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/education-outreach
|url= https://freshwater-science.org/education-outreach
|title= SFS Outreach
|title= SFS Outreach
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
|publisher= Society for Freshwater Science
}}</ref>. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/making-waves-a-freshwater-science-podcast/id1314016715?mt=2 'Making Waves'] is a podcast hosted by society members that comes out semi-monthly and discusses freshwater science for a general audience. Society members also maintain media libraries through [https://www.flickr.com/photos/154118874@N06/ Flickr] for general use. Finally, SFS recently developed the [https://freshwater-science.org/education-outreach/eco-evidence-exchange Ecological Evidence Exchange] to create a publicly available database of scientific information to inform [[Environmental resource management|environmental management]].
}}</ref> 'Making Waves' is a [[podcast]] hosted by society members that comes out semi-monthly and discusses freshwater science for a general audience.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Making Waves: A Freshwater Science Podcast on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-waves-a-freshwater-science-podcast/id1314016715|access-date=2021-04-26|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us}}</ref> Society members also maintain media libraries through [[Flickr]] for general use.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fresh Water|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/154118874@N06/|access-date=2021-04-26|website=[[Flickr]]|date=19 May 2006 }}</ref> SFS holds a leaf pack workshop at the annual meetings for local environmental groups and educators. Finally, a group of SFS members recently developed the Ecological Evidence Exchange to create a publicly available [[database]] of scientific information to inform [[Environmental resource management|environmental management]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecological Evidence Exchange {{!}} Society for Freshwater Science|url=https://freshwater-science.org/education-outreach/eco-evidence-exchange|access-date=2021-04-26|website=freshwater-science.org}}</ref>



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Society for Freshwater Science
NicknameSFS
Formation1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Membership1,800 (2019)
President
Sherri Johnson
Past-President
Steven Thomas
President-Elect
David Arscott
Executive Director
Andreas Leidolf
Websitefreshwater-science.org
Formerly called
Midwest Benthological Society; North American Benthological Society

The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) is an international scientific society whose members study freshwater ecosystems (rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, bogs, fens, riparian forests, and grasslands).

History

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The Society for Freshwater Science was founded in 1953 in Havana, Illinois by 13 charter members, and was called the Midwest Benthological Society.[1] It was later known as the North American Benthological Society before being renamed the Society for Freshwater Science.

Membership and Governance

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Currently, SFS is approaching 1800 members.[2] The majority of members are students and are from North America and are students. Members are employed in academia, consulting, federal and state agencies, and other governmental positions. Members are elected as officers and delegates by their fellow society members.[3]

Executive committee

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The executive committee is responsible for day-to-day business of the society and is made up of member officers elected by their peers. It includes the current president, the past president, the president-Elect, the treasurer, and the secretary; the current vice president, the vice president-elect, the public information and policy representative, the chair of the finance committee and the executive director participate in the committee but are non-voting members.[3] Thus, being elected president of the society represents a three-year service role (one year each as president-Elect, president, and past president), and being elected vice president is a two-year role (one year each as vice president-elect and vice president).

Presidents

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Recent presidents of the society include:

Name Year Elected Year President
Sherri Johnson 2022 2023-2024
Steven Thomas 2021[4] 2022-2023
Ashley Moerke 2020[5] 2021-2022
Alonso Ramírez 2019[6] 2020-2021
Amy Rosemond 2018[7] 2019-2020
Jennifer Tank 2017[8] 2018-2019
Colden Baxter 2016[8] 2017-2018
Emily Bernhardt 2015[8] 2016-2017
Matt R. Whiles 2014 2015-2016[9]
David L. Strayer 2013 2014-2015[10]
Randall Fuller 2012 2013-2014[11]
David Penrose 2011 2012-2013[11]
Joe Holomuzki 2010 2011-2012[12]
Lucinda B. Johnson 2009 2010-2011[13]
Nancy Tuchman 2008 2009-2010[14]
Nick Aumen 2007 2008-2009[11]
R. Jan Stevenson 2006 2007-2008[15]
N. LeRoy Poff 2005 2006-2007[16]
Michael T. Barbour 2004 2005-2006[16]
Clifford N. Dahm 2003 2004-2005[11]
F. Richard Hauer 2002 2003-2004[17]
Catherine M. Pringle 2001 2002-2003[18]
Bernard W. Sweeney 2000 2001-2002[11]
Joseph Culp 1999 2000-2001[19]
Nancy Grimm 1998 1999-2000[20]
Leonard Smock 1997 1998-1999[11]
Gary A. Lamberti 1996 1997-1998[21]
Jack A. Stanford 1995 1996-1997[22]
Alan P. Covich 1994 1995-1996[23]
Ernest F. Benfield 1993 1994-1995[11]
Colbert E. Cushing 1992 1993-1994[24]
Charles F. Rabeni 1991 1992-1993[25]
J. Bruce Wallace 1990 1991-1992[26]
Stuart G. Fisher 1989 1990-1991[27]
Leonard Ferrington 1988 1989-1990[11]
Arthur C. Benke 1987 1988-1989[11]
James Ward 1986 1987-1988[28]
David M. Rosenberg 1985 1986-1987[29]
Edwin Masteller 1984 1985-1986[30]
Richard W. Merritt 1983 1984-1985[11]
Vincent H. Resh 1982 1983-1984

Other committees

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The society is also governed by a board of directors and 19 standing committees: a finance committee, a board of trustees of the endowment fund, a development Committee, a Journal Endowment Committee, an Election and Place Committee, an Awards Selection Committee, a Long-Range Planning Committee, an Annual Meeting Committee, a Publications Committee, a Public Information and Policy Committee, a Constitutional Revision Committee, a Student Resources Committee, an Early Career Committee, a Taxonomic Certification Committee, a Technical Issues Committee, a Science and Policy Committee, an International Coordination Committee, a Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee, and an Education and Diversity Committee.[3] As of 2021, the society also had three ad hoc committees: the Code of Conduct Committee, the JEDI Task Force focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the Membership and Data Committee.[31]

Annual meetings

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SFS hosts an annual meeting for its members. On occasion, SFS has partnered with other scientific societies, such as the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the Phycological Society of America, and the Society of Wetland Scientists to host joint meetings.[32]

Journal

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The main academic journal of the Society is the journal Freshwater Science.[33] 4 issues are published each year. The journal was first published in 1982 and called Freshwater Invertebrate Biology. In 1986 the title was changed to Journal of the North American Benthological Society, and the title was changed again in 2012 to Freshwater Science.[34]

About once a year the journal publishes open-access fact sheets called BRIDGES that cover new ideas in aquatic science using non-technical language.[35]

Awards

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SFS gives out awards annually to its members, including naming members as SFS Fellows who have made excellent contributions to freshwater science over many years. The SFS Fellows program began in 2017 with a large first "class" of fellows:

Year SFS Fellows Named
2017 Clifford N. Dahm, David Penrose, Richard W. Merritt, James Ward, Dave Allen, Ben Stout, Jack A. Stanford, Jim Harrington, Bobbi Peckarski, Ken Cummins, Jerry Jacobi, Bob Hughes, Vincent H. Resh, Colin Townsend, Michael T. Barbour, Sam Lake, Stephen Hamilton, Stuart G. Fisher, Jack Webster, Margaret A. Palmer, Jim Karr, Walter Dodds, Arthur C. Benke, Wayne Minshall, J. Bruce Wallace, Judith L. Meyer, Susan Jackson[36]
2018 Emily Stanley, Gary A. Lamberti, Chuck Hawkins, Denis Newbold[37]
2019 Nancy Grimm, Alan P. Covich, F. Richard Hauer, Mary E. Power, Jeremy Monroe, Matt Whiles, N. LeRoy Poff[38]
2020 Emily Bernhardt, Lucinda B. Johnson, Jennifer Tank, Valeria Souza, R. Jan Stevenson[39]
2021 Leonard Ferrington, Mary Freeman, Judith Li, John Morse, Alan Steinman, Caryn Vaughn[40]

SFS also awards several other awards on an annual basis: the Award of Excellence, the Distinguished Service Award, the Environmental Stewardship Award, and Hynes Award for New Investigators, named after Noel Hynes;[41] the Graduate Student Conservation Research Award;[42] and awards for the best presentations and posters delivered by students at each annual meeting.[43]

Programs

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The Instars and Emerge mentoring programs support underrepresented groups in freshwater science. Students who are accepted into the Instars program as mentees are assigned a graduate student mentor who helps them network at the annual meeting, while the Emerge program provides year-round mentoring.[44]

SFS partners with the Stroud Center to provide an aquatic invertebrate taxonomic certification program for its members.[45]

The society's endowment is also used to fund small awards for research and travel, particularly by students.[46]

Outreach

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SFS has several programs focused on outreach to broader audiences.[47] 'Making Waves' is a podcast hosted by society members that comes out semi-monthly and discusses freshwater science for a general audience.[48] Society members also maintain media libraries through Flickr for general use.[49] SFS holds a leaf pack workshop at the annual meetings for local environmental groups and educators. Finally, a group of SFS members recently developed the Ecological Evidence Exchange to create a publicly available database of scientific information to inform environmental management.[50]

References

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