Past Award Winners - aztws

Doug Morrison Award                                          

1975 – Fred Phillips, AGFD 1976 – Bobby Hernbrode, Jr., AGFD 1977 – Jim McKibbens, USFS 1978 – Melvin Wilhelm, BLM and Normal Woolsey, AGFD 1979 – Tom Waddell, AGFD 1980 – Al LeCount, AGFD 1981 – Pat Morrison, USFS 1982 – Bill Kepner and Brian Millsap, BLM 1983 – Tom Deecken, USFS 1984 – Pat O'Brien, AGFD 1985 – Jim Burton, AGFD 1986 – not awarded 1987 – Norris Dodd, AGFD 1988 – Bill Kepner, USFWS 1989 – Bill Carrel, AGFD 1990 – Steve Andrews, AGFD 1991 – Dave Conrad and John Hervert, AGFD 1992 – not awarded 1993 – not awarded 1994 – not awarded 1995 – not awarded 1996 – Lee Leudeker, AGFD 1997 – not awarded 1998 – Randy Babb, AGFD 1999 – Bob Barsch, AGFD 2000 – Dave Carrothers, AGFD 2001 – Stanley C. Cunningham, AGFD 2002 – John Hervert, AGFD 2003 – Art Fuller, AGFD Retired 2004 – not awarded 2005 – not awarded 2006 – James W. Cain III, UA 2007 – David Belitsky, AGFD 2008 – Henry Provencio, USFS 2009 – Janie Agyagos, USFS 2010 – Reed Sanderson, UA, and Stan Cunningham, ASU 2011 – Ted McKinney, AGFD 2012 – Russ Haughey, SCC 2013 – Erika Nowak, USGS and NAU 2014 – Brenda Strohmeyer, Rocky Mountain Research Station 2015 – Abigail King, AGFD 2016 – Chad Rubke, AGFD

Professional Service Award (Professional Wildlifer Award)                                      

1979 – Bob Furlow, BLM 1980 – Gary Ferrier, BLM 1981 – Bruce Jones, BLM 1982 – Bob Hernbrode, Sr. Oracle Wildlife Refuge 1983 – Tom Britt, AGFD 1984 – Jerry Davis, USFS 1985 – Kerry Baldwin, AGFD 1986 – Tice Supplee, AGFD 1987 – Tom Gatz, BR 1988 – Larry Voyles, AGFD 1989 – Ray Lee, AGFD 1990 – Robert Mesta, USFWS 1991 – David Patton, NAU 1992 – not awarded 1993 – Bruce Palmer, USFWS 1994 – Rick Miller, AGFD 1995 – Bill Werner, AGFD, Ron McKinstry, USFWS, Ron Powell BR, Gerald Mulcahy, California Department Fish & Game 1996 – not awarded 1997 – not awarded 1998 – Heather Green, USFS 1999 – John Goodwin, AGFD 2000 – Jim Heffelfinger, AGFD 2001 – Cecelia Dargan-Overby, USFS 2002 – John Morgart, USFWS 2003 – Rebecca Peck, BLM 2004 – not awarded 2005 – William Shaw, UA 2006 – Mark Brown, AGFD 2007 – Brian Wakeling, AGFD 2008 – Ron Sieg, AGFD 2009 – Tom Skinner, USFS 2010 – Lin Piest, AGFD 2011 – Kathy Sullivan, AGFD 2012 – Robert Fink, AGFD 2013 – Carol Chambers, NAU, and John Koprowski, UA 2014 – Heather Bateman, ASU 2015 – David Brown 2016 – Vashti “Tice” Supplee, Audubon Arizona

Conservation Award (Non-Professional Award)                                        

1973 – Jack Robison, Jr 1976 – Buenos Aires Ranch 1978 – Frances Werner 1980 – Charles Beeler 1981 – Jack Wight, Wildlife Studios 1982 – Not Awarded 1983 – Barbara Van Cleve, Save Our Public Lands 1984 – Ace Peterson, Arizona Wildlife Federation 1985 – Sen. John Hays and Rep. Larry Hawke, Arizona Legislature 1986 – Les Rosenkrance, BLM 1987 – Dick & Judy Newbold, BLM Volunteers 1988 – Paul Pierce, Save the Grahams 1989 – not awarded 1990 – not awarded 1991 – Barry Burkhart, Arizona Republic 1992 – Rick Erman, Arizona Wildlife Federation 1993 – Thomas Woods, Jr., Arizona Public Service, Arizona Game & Fish Commission 1994 – not awarded 1995 – not awarded 1996 – Anita MacFarlane, Northern Arizona Audubon Society 1997 – Oscar Camou, Sonora Mexico 1998 – Frank & Linda Brandt, Elaine Morrall 1999 – Beth Wooden, Heritage Alliance, Arizona Game & Fish Commission 2000 – Dave Dalton 2001 – not awarded 2002 – Harris Environmental Group, Inc. 2003 – Bob Hoffa Grand Canyon Trust 2004 – Tom Brennan 2005 – not awarded 2006 – Trust for Public Land 2007 – Elaine Morrall 2008 – Henry Dahlberg, Mingus Springs Camp and Outdoor Learning Center 2009 – Arizona Antelope Foundation 2010 – Dan Majika 2011 – Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society 2012 – Western Watersheds Project 2013 – not awarded 2014 – Randy Babb, AGFD 2015 – Christina McVie 2016 – Liberty Wildlife

Wildlife Habitat Relationships Award (WILDHARE Award)                            

1989 – Greg Goodwin, USFS 1990 – not awarded 1991 – Bob Vahle, USFS 1992 – not awarded 1993 – not awarded 1994 – not awarded 1995 – Heather Green, USFS 1996 – not awarded 1997 – Joe Ganey, USFS 1998 – Rick Miller, AGFD and Tammy Randall Parker, USFS 1999 – Steve Rosenstock, AGFD 2000 – not awarded 2001 – Mary Ann Benoit, USFS 2002 – Bill Mannan, UA 2003 – Norris Dodd, AGFD 2004 – not awarded 2005 – Paul Krausman, UA 2006 – Bill Mannan, UA 2007 – Richard Reynolds, USFS 2008 – not awarded 2009 – Carol Chambers, NAU 2010 – Paul Beier, NAU 2011 – not awarded 2012 – Dana Warnecke, AGFD 2013 – Jeff Gagnon and Scott Sprague, AGFD 2014 – not awarded 2015 – not awarded 2016 – not awarded

Scrapping Bear Award                              

1987 – Tom Waddell, AGFD 1988 – Bob Vahle, USFS 1989 – Norris Dodd, AGFD 1990 – Lesley Fitzpatrick, USFWS 1991 – Rick Miller, AGFD 1992 – Heather Green, USFS and Susi MacVean, AGFD 1993 – Sandra Nagiller, USFS 1994 – Tim Tibbitts, USFWS 1995 – Sally Stefferud, USFWS 1996 – Jim Copeland, USFS 1997 – Linda White Trifaro, USFS 1998 – Bob Csargo, USFS 1999 – not awarded 2000 – not awarded 2001 – Bruce Palmer, USFWS 2002 – not awarded 2003 – Duke, USFS 2004 – not awarded 2005 – Bill Mannan, UA 2006 – Shaula Hedwall, USFWS 2007 – John Morgart, USFWS 2008 – not awarded 2009 – not awarded 2010 – Siobahan Nordhaugen, ADOT 2011 – Linda Pollock, AZAG 2012 – not awarded 2013 – Norris Dodd, ADOT 2014 – not awarded 2015 – Ray Schweinsburg, AGFD 2016 – Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter

Roger Hungerford Student Award                                  

1983 – Tom Ohmart, ASU 1984 – Kerry Christensen, NAU 1985 – Dave Smith, UA 1986 – Chuck Hunter, ASU 1987 – Heather Green, NAU 1988 – not awarded 1989 – Mark Wallace, UA 1990 – Joe Ganey, NAU 1991 – not awarded 1992 – Rich Etchberger, UA 1993 – Rick Keller, NAU 1994 – David Olson, NAU 1995 – not awarded 1996 – not awarded 1997 – Lisa Fox, UA 1998 – Mike Rabe, NAU 1999 – Mike Ingraldi, NAU 2000 – Karen Mock, NAU 2001 – Shaula Hedwall, NAU 2002 – Cathy Blasch, UA 2003 – Mikele Painter, NAU 2004 – Kristin Covert, NAU 2005 – Bret S. Pasch, UA 2006 – Brian Jansen, UA 2007 – Jeff Gagnon, NAU 2008 – not awarded 2009 – Erika Nowak, NAU 2010 – not awarded 2011 – Dan Sturla, AGFD, and Jeff Sturla, USFS 2012 – Melissa Merrick, UA 2013 – Jonathan Hicks, SCC 2014 – Hsiang Ling, UA 2015 – Jonathan Derbridge, UA 2016 – Sarah Hale, UA

David E. Brown Lifetime Achievement Award 

2016 – David Brown, retired

Outstanding Service to the Chapter Award 

2016 – Holly Hicks, AGFD and AZTWS

Special Awards    

1979 – Bob Furlow, BLM 1980 – Gary Ferrier, BLM 1980 – Judy Hohman and Cindy Edwards 2006 – Reed Sanderson, UA