AMERICAS FISH & FISHERIES:A CELEBRAT Format: Hardcover

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is the direct descendant of the U.S. Fish Commission, founded in 1871. In 2021, its Fish and Aquatic Conservation division marked its 150th anniversary, the oldest conservation agency in history. To commemorate this milestone, the USFWS published this compelling history to celebrate the broad-thinking scientists, writers, and artists who led us through the gilded age of American ichthyology into the present day. The book is natural and cultural history, biography and memoir, and loaded with compelling historic and fresh photos. The fishes are illustrated by Joe Tomelleri.

Craig Springer is a fish biologist and writer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and former editor of the agency's Eddies magazine. His writings on conservation, nature, and history have appeared in the New York Times, ESPN, Farmers' Almanac, TROUT, Sporting Classics Daily, The Drake, and Wild West and he has co-authored two books, Around Hillsboro and Spearfish National Fish Hatchery. He lives in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.