1. Do you love science? Would you like a $3,000 scholarship? Are you environmentally conscious? Are you a high school junior or senior? Do you like exciting challenges? Would you like to have a career in science?

2. Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program

4. What is fisheries science? The study of marine, estuarine and/or freshwater fisheries, which in turn refers to catching fish or aquatic invertebrates for commercial, recreational or subsistence purposes. Fisheries science includes many areas of research, such as studying aquatic populations, habitats, ecological health, biodiversity and resource management as well as the economics and sociology of fisheries and fishers. Aquatic resources management refers to the process of attempting to control aquatic populations within their shared habitat through science-based practices in order to conserve the aquatic resource as a whole.

5. The “Hutton Program” is a mentoring & internship program for high school students designed to stimulate career interest in fisheries among young people and attract underrepresented groups to the profession, such as minorities and women.

6. Diversity within organizations & professions: – Brings multiple perspectives & ideas – Enhances problem-solving, better solutions – Enables organizations to connect with a larger segment of society – Ensures growth & stability The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program - Bauer, Organizational Behavior, 2014

7. Students are mentored by fisheries professionals while getting an exciting, hands-on experience in a marine or freshwater setting. Each student is awarded a $3,000 scholarship!

8. Students assist mentors with habitat protection, restoration and management projects.

9. Mentors help students learn about conservation issues and the importance of healthy aquatic systems.

10. Students learn what fisheries science involves and of the career opportunities in the field.

11. Students get to teach others what they have learned during their internship!

12. Students who participate in the Hutton Program: Gain valuable work experience Receive a complementary AFS student membership Build confidence Get encouragement & guidance from mentors Get a hands-on education about aquatic systems and important environmental issues Receive recognition as a Hutton Scholar on college applications Earn a $3,000 scholarship

13. This could be you!

15. And this could be you!

16. Apply online at hutton.fisheries.org/ hutton.fisheries.org/ Contact: hutton@fisheries.org 301.897.8616, ext. 213hutton@fisheries.org Applications due by June 1, 2015 Become a Hutton Scholar!