Topic: Awards

For more than 23 years, Bruce Taylor has served as the Executive Director of the Oregon Habitat Joint Venture (OHJV), a statewide coalition of partners working to protect and restore important habitats for birds through voluntary, cooperative efforts. He possesses a vision for bird and wildlife conservation across Oregon and nationally that is unique and…

The California Waterfowl Association (CWA), a long-time champion of waterfowl and wetlands, has worked with the IWJV and its many partners for over twenty years to further shared goals for conserving wetlands in northeastern California. Since 1993, CWA has restored nearly 13,000 acres, enhanced more than 8,500 acres, created 3,650 acres of Walking Wetlands, restored…

Dave Mauser is known as both a conservation leader and innovator throughout the Pacific Flyway and beyond. During an illustrious career as one of the most skilled habitat managers in the National Wildlife Refuge System, he developed and maintained habitat critical to sustaining continental populations of migratory birds – and did it with a flair…

Brad Bortner has been a champion for migratory bird conservation in the West for the entire existence of the Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV). He has been a leader in the wildlife conservation business for over 30 years and is highly respected throughout the profession. From his early days of research on tundra swans in…

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game was recognized by the IWJV as the 2013 winner of its prestigious Conservation Partner Award. The award was presented by the IWJV, an organization that furthers bird habitat conservation through science and partnerships across 11 states in the West.  The award is presented to an agency, organization, corporation…

Larry Hicks, Natural Resource Coordinator for the Little Snake River Conservation District, was recognized for his achievements in landscape-scale habitat conservation with the 2012 Conservation Partner Award. The award was presented by the Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV), an organization that furthers bird habitat conservation through science and partnerships across 11 states in the West. …

Conservation pioneer, Randy Gray, received a prestigious award for his contributions to the conservation of wildlife habitat over the past 30 years. Gray was recognized with the John E. Nagel Award, which was established in 2000 and named in honor of the Intermountain West Joint Venture’s (IWJV) first Management Board Chairman. The IWJV furthers bird…

Intermountain West Joint Venture Calls Hall a ‘Champion for Montana’s Wildlife’ Bee Hall, Associate Director of The Nature Conservancy in Montana, was recognized as the 2012 Conservation Partner by the IWJV Management Board. This award is presented to an individual or organization that has played an instrumental role in advancing strategic, landscape-scale habitat conservation, as…