The Hoosier Wildlife Award

Champion of Widlife Award

Best Paper Awards 

Honorary Member Award

The Hoosier Wildlife Award
This award is intended to recognize an individual who has made, or is making, a significant contribution to professional wildlife conservation in Indiana through research, management, law enforcement, education, or administration. This award is not restricted to members of The Indiana Chapter of the Wildlife Society and may, but is not required to, be conferred annually.

Hoosier Wildlife Award Recipients

(1971) William B. Barnes

(1974) Charles M. Kirkpatrick

(1996) Russell E. Mumford

(1997) David C. Hudak

(1999) Dean Zimmerman

(2000) Edward T. Theroff

(2001) Carl H. Eisfelder

(2003) Richard H. Hudson

(2004) Jeffrey M. Hampshire

(2006) Harmon P. Weeks, Jr.

(2007) Olin E. Rhodes, Jr.

(2008)

Request For Award Nominations
Nominations for the Hoosier Wildlife Award must include (a) the nominee's full name, present position, address, and phone numbers; (b) nominator(s)' names, addresses, and phone numbers; and (c) a clear and concise statement justifying the nomination. Statements may address such criteria as insight, scope, importance, acceptance, application, value, and impact of the nominee's contribution(s) to professional wildlife conservation in Indiana. The Awards Committee evaluates the nominations received, and based upon supporting documentation, makes its recommendation of a recipient to the Executive Board.

Nomination Deadline: Janurary 15, 2009

Send all nomination materials to:

Tom Despot
Winamac State Fish & Wildlife Area
1493 West 500 North
Winamac, IN 46996
tdespot@dnr.in.gov
(574) 946-4422

Champion of Wildlife Award

The Champion of Wildlife Award is intended to recognize an individual for being instrumental in enacting an important wildlife resource conservation measure in Indiana during the past year. Recipients of this award may include legislators, state or local public officials, or private individuals that have made a significant contribution to Indiana’s wildlife resources.

Nominations for this award should be submitted to the awards committee chairman and will be accepted at any time during the year. The awards committee will act upon the nomination immediately in order to be timely in presenting the award if the nomination is approved. Upon receiving a nomination for this award, the awards committee will consult with the I&E committee to seek input on the nominee and to ensure that the reason for the award meets ICTWS criteria for sound wildlife management. The awards committee will then submit a recommendation to the executive board for final approval.

Nominations for the Champion of Wildlife Award must include (a) the nominee’s full name, present position, address, and phone number (b) nominator(s)' names, addresses, and phone numbers; and (c) a clear and concise statement justifying the nomination. Statements may address such criteria as the nominee’s leadership functions, as well as the scope and importance of the nominee's contribution to wildlife conservation in Indiana.

Presentation of the award by an ICTWS representative may be conducted during Conservation Day at the State House or at another time & place that the award recipient would prefer. The award would consist of a plaque (10.5” x 13”) and the wording of each award would be specific to the recipient’s accomplishments.

Nomination Deadline: Janurary 15, 2009

Send all nomination materials to:

Tom Despot
Winamac State Fish & Wildlife Area
1493 West 500 North
Winamac, IN 46996
tdespot@dnr.in.gov
(574) 946-4422

Best Paper Awards

2006 - Bruce Kingsbury and Joe Sage, Indiana - Purdue University Fort Wayne; “Observations on the Hibernation Ecology of the Eastern Massasauga in Southern Michigan”

2005 - Wildlife Technical session not held.

2004 - John S. Castrale, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife, Harrison B. Tordoff, Jane A. Goggin, and Mark S. Martell; “Demographics of a Restored Peregrine Falcon Population in the Midwest”

2003 - Emily K. Latch, Purdue University;
"Relative Utility of Molecular Markers for Wild Turkey Management"

2002 - Robert K. Swihart, Purdue University;
"A Framework for Natural Resource Based Planning in the Upper Wabash River Basin"

2001 - Wildlife Technical Session not held.

2000 - Gene Rhodes, Purdue University;
" Polymorphism of Microsatellite Loci for Wild Turkey Subspecies in the United States"

1999 - Travis L. DeVault, Robb A. Bajema, Peter E. Scott, and Steve L. Lima, Indiana State University;
" Large Populations of Henslow's Sparrows in Reclaimed Coal Mine Grasslands"

1998 - Gene Rhodes, and Baoshen, Purdue University and Steven E. Backs;
" Genetic Investigations of Reintroduced Wild Turkey Populations"

1997 - Harmon P. Weeks, Jr., Robert K. Swihart, Andrea L. Easter-Pilcher, and George R. Parker, Purdue University;
" Experimental Assessment of Physical Condition of White-tailed Deer"

1996 - Brian K. Miller, Otto Doering, David Broomhall, and Ezell Underdown, Purdue University; "Opportunities for Multiple Benefits with CRP"

1995 - Steven E. Backs, and Carl H. Eisfelder, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" An Evaluation of Wild Turkey Restoration Using spring Harvest Data"

1994 - Anthony J. DeNicola and Robert K. Swihart, Purdue University;
" Biology and Politics in Wildlife Research: A Case Study of Contraceptive Research with Deer"

1993 - Julian J. Lewis, University of Louisville;
" Indiana's Undiscovered Country; Caves and Caernicoles"

1992 - John S. Castrale and Rex R. Johnson, Indiana Divison of Fish & Wildlife;
" Least Turn Management in Indiana"

1991 - Steven E. Backs, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" The Role of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology to Wild Turkey Restoration in Indiana"

1990 - Wildlife Technical Session not Held.

1989 - Thomas Platt, St. Mary,s College;
" Gastropod Intermediate Hosts of the Meningeal Worm from Kingsbury State Fish & Wildlife Area"

1988 - Randy Showalter, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" Provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill"

1987 - Craig Albright, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" Population Dynamics of Moose on the South-coast Barrens of Newfoundland"

1986 - Larry E. Lehman, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" Assessment of Indiana Raccoon Population Status from Road Kill Data"

1985 - G. Chris Iverson, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" A Proposal for the Reintroduction of Bald Eagles in Indiana"

1984 - Steven E. Backs, Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife;
" Ruffed Grouse Restoration in Indiana"

Honorary Member Award
The Honorary Member Award is intended to acknowledge long-term, outstanding service to the Indiana Chapter Of The Wildlife Society by an individual retired from professional employment. Nominees must be either a current or past member of the Chapter who was/is an active participant in Chapter activities over a long period of time.

1986
WilliamB. Barnes
William E. Ginn
Charles M. Kirkpatrick
James D. McCall

1987
William E. Madden
Charles E. Scheffe

1988
Harald A. Demaree, Jr.
Herbert C. Krauch, Jr.

1997
Robert D. Feldt
Kenneth C. Nettles
George Seketa
D. David Turner

1998
Ralph D. Kirkpatrick
David L. Herbst
Warren Rowe

1999
David C. Hudak

Request For Award Nominations
Nominations for the Hoosier Wildlife Award must include (a) the nominee's full name, present position, address, and phone numbers; (b) nominator(s)' names, addresses, and phone numbers; and (c) a clear and concise statement justifying the nomination. Such statements should address the following criteria: charter member status, length of membership in the Indiana Chapter of The Wildlife Society, number of years in the wildlife profession, contributions and activities in Chapter affairs, and other meritorious reasons. Honorary membership in the Indiana Chapter of The Wildlife Society is determined by those nominees that receive a majority vote of all members of the Chapter.

Nomination Deadline: Janurary 15, 2009

Send all nomination materials to:

Tom Despot
Winamac State Fish & Wildlife Area
1493 West 500 North
Winamac, IN 46996
tdespot@dnr.in.gov
(574) 946-4422