The AEL was represented at the 84th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, January 28-31, 2024.

Jacob Bentley, MS student studying under Stu Ludsin, and his research technician, Steven Gratz, both presented on Ohio Division of Wildlife funded research on catfish in Ohio reservoirs.

Jacob's talk was titled, Feeding Ecology of Reservoir-Dwelling Ictalurids in Sympatry and Allopatry. 

Steven's talk was titled, Characterizing Variation in Feeding and Habitat Use of Blue Catfish and Channel Catfish in Reservoirs: A Stable Isotope Approach. Additionally, in his role as Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society president, Steven accepted the award for American Fisheries Society - North Central Division Best Chapter Communications Award.