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Annual Awards

The Annual Awards of the New Mexico Riparian Council ... Nominate someone for next year's awards!

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2008


Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award
Danny Waldon
Wildlife Technician - Lincoln NF
For: 21 years of habitat involvement work mostly done through the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Habitat Stamp Program

Partnership Award
John Dixon
Soils & Hydrology Resource Staff - Santa Fe NF
For: riparian and wet meadow protection and restoration at Cecelia Creek and coordination of partners needed to get the work done.

Research Award
Dan Shaw
Science Teacher - Bosque School
For: continued leadership in promoting science and research at the Bosque School

Habitat Enhancement Award - Individual
Dave Morgan
President, La Calandria Associates
For: over 10 years of leadership in developing wetlands and restoring riparian areas of the Rio Grande on the Ohkay Owingay lands north of Espanola

Habitat Enhancement Award - Group
Santa Clara Indian Pueblo (Bruce Bauer)
For: riparian improvement work on the Rio Grande

Public Awareness & Education Award - Group
Deborah Finch, Janet Yagoda Shagam, Helen Huntley, and Stephanie Martin
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
For: developing "The Rocky Mountain Riparian Digest," an online outreach tool to market research from RMRS and collaborators

Habitat Honorable Mention (Certificate)
Barney Wegener
Natural resource Specialist & Riparian Coordinator
BLM - Farmington Field Office
For: over 10 years of leadership in the assessment and management of degraded riparian systems in the San Juan River basin, which has allowed these systems to demonstrate their true riparian nature

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