September Meeting - Jackie Anderson - Project Piaba

[chriscoli]

Next CCA Meeting
September 14th

Jackie Anderson
Project Piaba; How Home Aquarium Fish Can Conserve Rainforests



Location:

John F. Kennedy High School

1901 Randolph Rd, Glenmont, MD 20902



Schedule:

1:00 - Doors Open for Setup and Socializing

2:00 - Talk starts

3:00 - Prizes and Club Mini-Auction



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Jackie Anderson is the Education Materials Coordinator for Project Piaba, a non-profit corporation made entirely of volunteers dedicated to fostering wild caught beneficial aquarium fish fisheries. Jackie is a life-long aquarium enthusiast and is passionate about fish-keeping, the environment, and promoting environmental stewardship. With Project Piaba, she helps spread the message of how wild caught aquarium fish fisheries can have a positive effect on the environment, and how the hobby of aquarium keeping can drive environmental conservation. As a former professional aquarist she has designed and helped maintain countless aquatic environments and the messaging people receive in conjunction with aquarium exhibits. Currently she maintains and operates aquatic animal life support systems, and keeps 9 aquariums and paludariums at her home.

 

[mchambers]

Wow! Very impressive bio! I'm looking forward to her presentation.

 

[Becca]

Super excited for this one !

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Sounds like a great talk!

 

[Leffler817]

Couple more weeks away!

 

[AquaStudent]

Looking forward to today! Topic looks great!

 

[Andrewtfw]

Such a great presentation! Jackie Anderson is an engaging speaker. Project piaba is a fantastic and necessary organization.

 

[mchambers]

Such a great presentation! Jackie Anderson is an engaging speaker. Project piaba is a fantastic and necessary organization.

Andrew,

You beat me to it! What a great presentation!

The substance of the presentation was wonderful, and Jackie is a great speaker whose passion comes through.

Thanks to the CCA Board for having her and for Joshua for doing the mini auction.

Matt

 

[JLW]

I've been peripherally involved with Piaba basically since its inception -- its good to hear so much about it, and to know that there's such a great spokesperson for it.

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Definitely a great meeting and talk! The hand-carved wooden fish she donated were really cool, jealous that I didn't end up with any.

Neat to hear about active work being done to promote conservation in the Amazon in a sustainable manner.

 

[b considine]

I thought it was a very good presentation and I made sure to let Jackie know. Great choice.

Blaise

 

[Leffler817]

It was a great talk all around. I'm glad so many people enjoyed it.

 

[Becca]

Really an engaging talk - one of the best I've seen, honestly.