Chair:
Amy Maynard - amy_maynard@fws.gov
Upcoming FMCS Events:
• 14th Biennial Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium
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May 12-16, 2025 (Monday- Friday)
Co-organizers:
Dave Zanatta ( zanat1d@cmich.edu ) and Daelyn Woolnough (wooln1d@cmich.edu)
Program Co-Chairs:
David Strayer and Joseph Rathbun
Past FMCS Events:
SYMPOSIA
2023 FMCS SYMPOSIUM
Program
2021 FMCS (VIRTUA) SYMPOSIUM
Program
2019 FMCS SYMPOSIUM - SAN ANTONIO, TX - April 14-18 2019
Program
2018 International Meeting - Verbiana, Italy - Sept. 16-20 2018
Info
2017 Symposium: Cleveland OH
Program
2015 Symposium: St.Charles MO
Joint meeting with the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC)
Program
2013 Symposium: Lake Guntersville State Park - Guntersville, AL.
Species Recovery and Restoration- from Concept to Implementation.
Program and Abstracts. (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Ohio River Valley Unified Malacologist Meeting (OVUM) 2011:
Saturday, October 1st at the Thomas More College Biology Field Station
Northern Kentucky.
2011 Symposium: April 11-15 2011 - Louisville, KY
7th Biennial Symposium: Managing your mollusks: Reflecting on the past, preparing
for the future.
Platform Abstracts.
Poster Abstracts.
2009 Symposium, Baltimore, MD
Healthy
Mollusks = Healthy Rivers = Healthy People
Program
and Abstracts (PDF, 2.5 MB)
2007 Symposium, Little
Rock, AR -
Directions
in Freshwater Mollusk Conservation: Molecules to Ecosystems,
Abstracts (PDF,
380 KB); Poster
Abstracts (PDF, 196 KB)
2005 Symposium, St. Paul, MN :
Are
Your Natives Restless? Holistic Strategies for Conserving Freshwater
Mollusks during Exotic Species Invasions-
Program
and Abstracts (PDF 1.7 MB)
2003 Symposium, Durham, NC:
Connections...A
Focus on Habitat Conservation -
Program
and Abstracts (PDF, 524 KB)
2001 Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA:
Biological
Assessments: Evaluation of Endangered Mollusks-
Abstracts (PDF,
236 KB)
1999 Symposium, Chattanooga, TN (First FMCS Symposium):
Musseling
in on Biodiversity
1998 & 1999 Symposium Proceedings
1998 Symposium: Conservation, Captive Care, and Propagation of
Freshwater Mussels, Columbus, OH
1995 Symposium: Conservation and Management of Freshwater Mussels II, St. Louis, Abstracts
1992 Symposium: Conservation and Management of Freshwater Mussels, St. Louis,
MO
WORKSHOPS:
2024 Workshop - 13th Biennial FMCS Workshop
:ENVIRONMENTAL TOLERANCE AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP - March 4 to 7 2024
- Auburn, Alabama
Info
Program (PDF)
2022 Workshop - Survey Guidelines and Techniques Workshop, Henry Horton State Park - Duck River, Tennessee
August 8-11, 2022
Program (PDF)
2018 Workshop - Workshop Freshwater Mollusk Health and Disease Assessment La Crosse, Wisconsin March 13-15, 2018
Program (PDF)
2016 Workshop – Shepherdstown, WV
POPULATIONGENETICS AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS CONSERVATION
Program (PDF)
2014 Workshop - Portland, ME :
Mussel Studies and Regulatory Process Associated with Dam Removals, Portland, ME.
Program (PDF)
Photo Album
2012 Workshop - Athens,GA:
Incorporating Environmental Flows, Climate Change and Ecosystem Services into Freshwater Mussel Conservation and Management.
Program (PDF)
2010 Workshop, Kirkwood MO:
Regional fauna identification and sampling.
Program
(PDF)
2008 Workshop, Chattanooga,
TN
The
Road to Recovery: Science to Secure Freshwater Mollusk Biodiversity,
2007 Workshop, Little Rock, AR
Habitat Restoration Workshop-
Abstracts (PDF,
32 KB)
2006 Workshop, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, OH:
Propagation and Captive Care of Freshwater Molluscs,
-
Program
and Abstracts (PDF, 1.4 MB)
2004 Workshop,
Shepherdstown, WV:
Conservation
Genetics Workshop on Imperiled Freshwater Mollusks and Fishes -
Abstracts (.doc
.zip file, 440 KB)
2004 Workshop, Tuscaloosa, AL:
Water
Quality and Freshwater Gastropod Workshop
2002 Workshop, Shepherdstown, WV:
Propagation
and Restoration of Freshwater Mussels -
Abstracts (PDF
68 KB)
2000 Workshop: Outreach
Workshop, Shepherdstown, WV
