The Wildlifer, October 2012 — October 29, 2012

TWS Awards

TWS was proud to honor many distinguished members during the 19th Annual Conference. Our congratulations to this year’s award winners!

Student Chapter of the Year
Presented to the outstanding student chapter to encourage and recognize exceptional achievements.
California University of Pennsylvania Student Chapter

Student Chapter Advisor of the Year
Presented to recognize exceptional mentorship of a TWS student chapter.
Carol Bocetti, California University of Pennsylvania

Distinguished Service Award
Presented to individuals who have made a long-term commitment to the The Wildlife Society based on membership longevity and service.

Bill Samuel, Canadian Section
Del Benson, Central Mountains and Plains Section
Robert Brooks, Northeast Section
Charlie Bruce, Northwest Section
Ed Hackett, Southeastern Section
Frank Baucom, Southwest Section
Marshall White, Western Section

Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Research Scholarship
Assists a graduate student studying upland game bird or waterfowl biology and management.
Stephanie Graham

Diversity Award
Honors innovative programs and individuals that promote diversity in employment, academic enrollment, and membership.
Dr. Bruce D. Leopold and Career Discovery Internship – USFWS

Jim McDonough Award
Recognizes a Certified Wildlife Biologist making a significant contribution to the profession by being active in TWS locally and through program implementation and development of new techniques or approaches.
Thomas E. Moorman

Conservation Education Award
Honors outstanding accomplishments in the dissemination of conservation knowledge to the public in the categories of writings, media, programs, and audio-visual works.
Kenton Vaughan, Mark Caswell, Margus Jukkum, and Travis Livieri for Return of the Prairie Bandit

Group Achievement Award
Recognizes an organization’s outstanding wildlife achievement that is consistent with and/or assists in advancing the objectives of The Wildlife Society.
Southeastern Bat Diversity Network

Excellence in Wildlife Education Award
Celebrates exemplary teaching by individual faculty members.
W. Daniel Edge

Wildlife Publication Awards
Recognizes excellence in scientific writing characterized by originality of research or thought and a high scholastic standard in the manner of presentation.

Editorship
S. T. Knick and J. W. Connelly for Greater sage-grouse: ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Cooper Ornithological Society, Studies in Avian Biology No. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 2011.

Book
E. D. Forsman, R. G. Anthony, K. M. Dugger, E. M. Glenn, A. B. Franklin, G. C. White, C. J. Schwarz, K. P. Burnham, D .R. Anderson, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. B. Lint, R. J. Davis, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, B. L. Biswell, P. C. Carlson, L. V. Diller, S. A. Gremel, D. R. Herter, J. M. Higley, R. B. Horn, J. A. Reid, J. Rockweit, J. P. Schaberl, T. J. Snetsinger, and S. G. Sovern. for Population demography of northern spotted owls. Cooper Ornithological Society, Studies in Avian Biology No. 40., University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 2011.

Article
John G. Kie, J. Matthiopoulos, J. Fieberg, R. A. Powell, F. Cagnacci, M. S. Mitchell, J.-M. Gaillard, and P. R. Moorcroft for The home range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 365:2221-2231. 2010.

(This article appears in the Philosophical Transactions B issue entitled Challenges and opportunities of using GPS-based location data in animal ecology, compiled and edited by Francesca Cagnacci, Luigi Boitani, Roger A Powell and Mark S Boyce. The entire issue – including the winning article – is completely free to access at http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1550.toc)

Monograph
A. R. Litt and R. J. Steidl for Interactive effects of fire and nonnative plants on small mammals in grasslands. Wildlife Monographs 176:1-31. 2011.

Caesar Kleberg Award for Excellence in Applied Wildlife Research
Recognizes those whose body of work, in both inquiry and discovery, has resulted in application of management and conservation “on the ground.”
Michael Pelton

TWS Fellow
Recognizes members who have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to our profession.

Mark S. Boyce
Ellen G. Campbell
Alan Crossley
Timothy M. Green
Evelyn Merrill
Mark R. Ryan
Allyn J. Sapa
Bill Vodehnal
Monty Whiting, Jr.
Emily J. Williams

Special Recognition Service Award
Recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the wildlife profession.
Edward E. Bangs

Honorary Membership
Recognizes continuous outstanding service to any area of concern to The Wildlife Society.
E. O. “Oz” Garton and James M. Peek

Aldo Leopold Memorial Award
Honors distinguished service to wildlife conservation and is the highest honor bestowed by the Society.
Daniel J. Decker

Other Conference Recognitions

In addition to the awards, President Paul Krausman recognized the following members for their service to TWS during the members meeting.

19th Annual Conference Arrangements Committee Co-Chairs
David Kennedy and Don Whittaker

19th Annual Conference Program Committee Chair
Daniel Edge

Certification Review Board Member 2006 – 2012
Gordon Batcheller

Best Student Papers and Posters
Our thanks to all the volunteer judges and to the donors of student prizes: Rite in the Rain, Forestry Suppliers, Paula Fong Illustrations, Women of the Cloud Forest, and Skulls Unlimited International for their help in making this portion of the 2012 conference a success

Best Student Poster
Diego Johnson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, for “The role of birth synchrony as a mechanism for an Allee effect in a translocated pronghorn population.”

Best Student Paper
Graham Frye, Boise State University, for “Effects of sagebrush chemical composition on diet and habitat use by an avian herbivore, the greater sage-grouse.”

Best Student Research-in-Progress Posters

Undergraduate
Kyle Seewald, Michigan State University, for “To get to the other side: The role of roads, landscape, and season in road crossing behaviors of deer.”

Masters
Jamie Groves, Boise State University, for “Investigation of behavioral responses of burrowing owls to experimental brood parasitism in southwestern Idaho.”

Ph.D.
Alexandra Swanson, University of Minnesota, for “Fine-scale spatiotemporal partitioning facilitates coexistence between lions and cheetah in the Serengeti.”

President Wini Kessler with the members of the Quiz Bowl champion team from Humboldt State University.

Annual Quiz Bowl
Humboldt University defeated 13 other teams of undergraduate students from the U.S. and Canada to win the 15th Annual Student Quiz Bowl. State University of New York-ESF was the runner up.

2012 Photo Contest Winners

Birds