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The Wildlife Conservation Board Receives Prestigious Awards
The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) has been honored this spring with two prestigious national awards: the Wildlife Management Institute's President's Award and the Great Blue Heron Award, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's highest honor for habitat conservation. These awards recognize organizations for work that has significantly benefited waterfowl and migratory birds and provide unique, meaningful and enduring contributions to the natural resources fields.
The Board and its Director Al Wright want to thank all the groups and individuals that were involved in this recognition. We know, in fact, that these awards honor all the conservation groups and individuals who have worked steadfastly to help protect and restore wildlife habitat throughout California, making California truly a national leader in this arena. Our thanks to everyone for their great support, hard work and on-the-ground results, all of which have led to the successes we have seen in California.
Great Blue Heron Award Ceremony, May 25, 2006
Pictured from left to right: Dr. Fritz Reid, Chairman, Central Valley Joint Venture; Steve Thompson, Manager, US Fish and Wildlife Service California/Nevada Field Office; L. Ryan Broddrick, Director, Dept. of Fish and Game; Mike Chrisman, Secretary, Resources Agency; Al Wright, Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Board; Michael Flores, Chairman, Wildlife Conservation Board; Fred Klaas, Program Budget Manager (representing Michael Genest, Director, Dept. of Finance).
Staff of the Wildlife Conservation Board, May 2006
Pictured from left to right: Front row: Peter Perrine, Ajit Bindra, Linda Drake, Debra Townsend, Nancy Templeton, John Donnelly, Victoria Marmolejo, Dave Means, Ginger Wiseman, Anthony Chappelle, Marilyn Cundiff, and Terri Muzik.
Second row: Bob Clark, William Gallup, Al Wright, Scott Clemons, Gary Cantrell, Chlondez Waters, Bonnie Turner, Randy Nelson, and Roxanne Woodward.
Pictured behind staff are members of the Wildlife Conservation Board: Fred Klaas, Program Budget Manager (representing Michael Genest, Director, Dept. of Finance); L. Ryan Broddrick, Director, Dept. of Fish and Game; and Michael Flores, President, Fish and Game Commission.
The National Great Blue Heron Award is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) highest award for habitat conservation. The award was given to the Board in recognition of its ability to deliver conservation projects that maximize collaborative partnership opportunities - a true hallmark of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The Plan is an international effort developed to restore waterfowl populations through habitat protection, restoration and enhancement.
The award was presented to the Board by Ducks Unlimited's Dr. Fritz Reid, representing the five Joint Ventures in California, the regional groups that are the primary forces implementing the Plan. Participating in the presentation along with Dr. Reid were Resources Agency Secretary Michael Chrisman, Steve Thompson, Manager of the FWS California and Nevada Field Office, L. Ryan Broddrick, Director of the Department of Fish and Game, Beth Huning representing the San Francisco Bay Area Joint Venture, and Ruth Ostroff with the Central Valley Joint Venture.
This award was presented to the Board at the Institutes North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference on March 25th, 2006. The award recognizes a North American federal, state or provincial agency's exceptional creativity and tenacity in effecting a particular program that advances the application of scientific management of natural resources or public understanding of the need for scientific management of fish and wildlife. WMI, established in 1911 by sportsmen/businessmen gravely concerned about the dramatic declines of many wildlife populations, functions as a professional conservation organization that works to improve the professional foundation of wildlife management. The Board was selected to receive this coveted award for their commitment to a "partnership approach to the selection, authorization and acquisition of key areas for wildlife habitat restoration and wildlife-related recreation."