Each year at our annual meeting, ORTWS presents eight professional awards. These awards are split into three categories: Professional Achievement (David B. Marshall Award and Outstanding Service Award), Civic Achievement (Private Landowner Stewardship Award, Conservation Award, Conservation Policy Award), and Outstanding Presentation (Dimick Award, Les Eberhardt Award and Best Student Poster Award).
The Professional Achievement and Civic Achievement awards require nomination prior to the annual meeting. To nominate someone for one of these awards, fill out an application (see links below) and submit to the Awards Committee Chair. The letter should identify the nominee, the award title, your contact information, and why you feel the nominee should receive the award. Send Nomination Letters to:
- Awards Committee Chair: Quentin Hays – email nominations to quentinhays@ortws.org
View our list of past ORTWS Award winners here!
Professional Achievement Awards
David B. Marshall Award
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions and accomplishments in wildlife research, management, education, law enforcement, or public service. Individuals are acknowledged for promoting the advancement of science, the principles of ecology, and the goals of The Wildlife Society by advocating sound wildlife stewardship. Nominee’s actions must have resulted in significant contributions in the conservation and increased long-term security of wildlife populations, wildlife habitats, and natural resource values within the State of Oregon. We face many challenges with limited resources and know there are many dedicated biologists out there who deserve special acknowledgment for the extra time and effort they contribute to the management of our wildlife resources. Nomination Form available here.
Outstanding Service Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in wildlife management in the past year. Nominees may be recognized for contributions in research, management, conservation, public involvement, education, or law enforcement. Nomination Form available here.
Civic Achievement Awards
Private Landowner Stewardship Award
Nominees for this award will be private landowners who demonstrate ongoing, positive wildlife conservation programs or actions in conjunction with their commercial operation. The award committee will consider the sustainability, scope, and significance of the resulting benefits to wildlife. We will recognize innovation, integrity, advocacy, and good will as desirable characteristics for the award recipient. Nomination Form available here.
Conservation Award
Nominees for this award will be individuals, city or county agencies, corporations, or conservation organizations who demonstrate ongoing, positive wildlife conservation or advocacy efforts. The award committee will consider the sustainability, scope and significance of the resulting benefits to wildlife, and the community. We will recognize innovation, integrity, advocacy, and good will as
desirable characteristics for the award recipient(s). Nomination Form available here.
Conservation Policy Award
The award is given to legislators, policy professionals, individuals, or entities who demonstrate leadership in advancing local, state, and/or federal policy(s) that benefits wildlife conservation in the state of Oregon. Specifically, this award seeks to recognize demonstrated leadership in one or more of the following areas:
- Exemplary relationship building: Building strong relationships between state officials, policy makers, stakeholders, and wildlife conservationists across the state.
- Effective outreach: Supporting wildlife conservation legislation, and/or mobilizing grassroots support for wildlife policy.
- Outstanding results: Producing measurable results in the form of policy creation that benefits wildlife conservation.
This award may not be awarded every year, but rather should be used to recognize particular leadership when it arises. Nomination Form available here.
Presentation Awards
Dimick Award
The Dimick Award is granted to the best paper given during the general session at the annual meeting. The name of this recipient is added to the Oregon Chapter TWS Dimick Award Plaque (kept at Nash Hall, Oregon State University).
Les Eberhardt Award
The Les Eberhardt Award is granted to the presenter of the best student paper given at the annual chapter meeting. The information presented must have been obtained and developed as a student. ORTWS will provide funds for the student to attend the next National TWS meeting if the same abstract is submitted and accepted by the National TWS. The recipient’s name is added to the TWS Oregon Chapter Les Eberhardt Award Plaque (Nash Hall, Oregon State University). Requirements are:
- Individuals actively pursuing Bachelor’s or advanced degrees in wildlife biology or related field (e.g. wildlife management, ecology, natural resources, fisheries biology, entomology, forestry, soil science, etc.).
- Individuals who recently (within approximately 1 year) received a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in wildlife biology or related field and who are presenting results of information obtained as a student.
Best Student Poster
Poster presentations are voted on by ORTWS Judges. Contact the current chair of the Annual Meeting planning committee if you are interested in helping to judge student poster at the next ORTWS meeting!