2008 Award Winners

The Wildlife Society presented the following awards at its 71st Annual Awards Ceremony held in Miami, Fla., on November 9, 2008.

Aldo Leopold Memorial Award
Richard D. Taber

Student Chapter of the Year
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Student Chapter

Student Chapter Advisor of the Year
Tad Theimer, Northern Arizona University

Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird research Scholarship
Brian Hess, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Diversity Award
Roel Lopez

Jim Mcdonough Award
Eileen Dowd Stukel

Wildlife Publication Awards

• Editorship: Leonard A. Brennan for Texas Quails, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2007.
• Book: Frederic H. Wagner for Yellowstone’s Destabilized Ecosystem: Elk Effect, Science, and Policy Conflict, Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y., 2006.
• Article: Roel R. Lopez, A. Lopez, R. N. Wilkins, C. Torres, R. Valdez, J. G. Teer, G. Bowser for “Changing Hispanic demographics: challenges in natural resource management,” Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33:553–564, 2005.
• Monograph: Patrick K. Devers, D. F. Stauffer, G. W. Norman, D. E. Steffen, D. M. Whitaker, J. D. Sole, T. J. Allen, S. L. Bittner, D. A. Buehler, J. W. Edwards, D. E. Figert, S. T. Friedhoff, W. W. Giuliano, C. A. Harper, W. K. Igo, R. L. Kirkpatrick, M. H. Seamster, H. A. Spiker, Jr., D. A. Swanson, and B. C. Tefft for “Ruffed grouse population ecology in the Appalachian,” Wildlife Monograph, 168:1–36. 2007.

Caesar Kleberg Award for Excellence in Applied wildlife Research
Richard A. Dolbeer

TWS Fellows
Michael R. Conover, Duane R. Diefenbach, William M. Giuliano, Jeanne C. Jones, Rollin D. Sparrowe

Special Recognition Service Award
Inaugural Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium Steering Committee

Honorary Membership
Harry E. Hodgdon