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NPABC Bird Conservation Awards
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Awards Ceremony 2009
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Nebraska Land Stewardship Award:
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Dave Kuehl receives his Nebraska Land Stewardship Award from Laurel Badura. Dave was recognized for his exceptional management of his land in Howard County for the benefit of wildlife.
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Outstanding Bird Conservation Award:
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Wildcat Hills Coordinating wildlife Biologist, Brad McKinney presents the Outstanding Bird Conservation Award to Wayne Mollhoff.
The award is a Piping Plover (one of Nebraska's endangered birds) carved by Don Gabelhouse.
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Chairman's Award:
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NPABC Steering Committee Chair, Jim Douglas, presents the Chairman's Award to Steve Chick, State Conservationist: USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
The award is a Long-billed Curlew, symbolic of Nebraska's grasslands, and magnificently carved by Don Gabelhouse.
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The Piping Plover and Long-billed Curlew presented to our award recipients were masterfully carved by
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, Don is an expert carver of mantelpiece decoys is located in Lincoln, NE (402) 420-1744.
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Awards Ceremony 2008
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Nebraska Land Stewardship Award:
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The Christen Family, of Pawnee County, is recognized for the outstanding habitat management and conservation activities they have implemented on their land. The Christen Family includes Richard and Sharon, their daughter Kay and son Rod, and Rod’s wife Amy and their children Dana and Leah. The Christen Family’s land stewardship practices have improved the sustainability of the natural resources on their property, improved the feasibility of annual prairie management, and created a diversity of tallgrass prairie habitats resulting in increased avian diversity in their area. They have served as leaders in their community by eagerly sharing and demonstrating their management practices, and by serving on the boards of several land stewardship organizations.
From left: Amy, Leah, Dana and Rod Christen
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Outstanding Bird Conservation Award:
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The Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership has demonstrated outstanding leadership, success, and partnership-building in the field of avian conservation in Nebraska. This award recognizes the willingness of every partner involved to go above and beyond in the conservation of Nebraska’s most rare and threatened natural community: the Eastern Saline Wetlands. Full-share partners include The Nature Conservancy, The City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Lower Platte South NRD, and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
NPABCSteering Committee Chair Jim Douglas (right) presents the OBC Award to the SWCP. From left to right: John Heaston (The Nature Conservancy), Dan Schulz (Lower Platte South NRD), Ted LaGrange (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission), Terry Genrich (City of Lincoln and Lancaster County) and Tom Malmstrom (SWCP Coordinator).
The award is a Piping Plover (one of Nebraska's endangered birds) carved by
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Photo by Ed Pembleton, © 2008.
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Chairman's Award:
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Steve’s vision, leadership and inter-personal skills have allowed the RWBJV to become a model for partnerships in habitat conservation. He has a remarkable ability to listen to the perspectives of partners and landowners and develop win-win solutions that meet the needs of everyone involved, including birds and other wildlife. Steve’s efforts have contributed to the restoration of thousands of acres of wetlands on private land in south central Nebraska. He has helped change the conservation culture in the Rainwater Basin region.
The NPABC Steering Committee Chair presents the Chairman's Award to Steve Moran.
The award is a Long-billed Curlew, symbolic of Nebraska's grasslands, and magnificently carved by
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Photo by Ed Pembleton, © 2008.
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The Piping Plover and Long-billed Curlew presented to our award recipients were masterfully carved by
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, Don is an expert carver of mantelpiece decoys is located in Lincoln, NE (402) 420-1744.
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Awards Ceremony 2007
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Outstanding Bird Conservation Award:
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The Nebraska chapters of Pheasants Forever have shown outstanding leadership, ingenuity, success, partnership-building, and volunteerism in the field of avian conservation in Nebraska. This award recognizes PF’s ability to take the grass-roots enthusiasm generated by the immense popularity of pheasants, and put it to work for habitat improvements that benefit not just pheasants, but a wide variety of birds and other wildlife.
NPABC Steering Committee Chair Rob Ravenscroft presents Pete Berthelsen, Senior Field Coordinator for Pheasants Forever, with the award, a Piping Plover (one of Nebraska's endangered birds) carved by Don Gabelhouse.
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The Chairman's Award:
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Dr. Paul Johnsgard, Ornithologist, Author, and Professor Dr. Paul Johnsgard has shown outstanding leadership through the dedication of his abundant life not only to the study and conservation of birds, but perhaps most notably to teaching and writing prolifically about birds and their habitats. He has contributed voluntarily to numerous efforts to further our understanding and appreciation of both the ecological and humanitarian significance of birds, wildlife, and the wild places in which they live.
Paul Johnsgard receives a Long-billed Curlew, symbolic of Nebraska's grasslands, also magnificently carved by Mr. Gabelhouse.
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The Piping Plover and Long-billed Curlew presented to our award recipients were masterfully carved by
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
, Don is an expert carver of mantelpiece decoys is located in Lincoln, NE (402) 420-1744.
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Awards Ceremony 2006
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The Annual NPABC Awards Ceremony is supported by the Silent Auction held during the Rivers and Wildlife Celebration each year. Please consider donating items to be auctioned on behalf of your organization or agency.
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The first annual NPABC Awards Ceremony was dedicated to the memory of John Dinan, whose extraordinary achievements for the conservation of Nebraska’s birds has left an enduring legacy. John worked for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for 28 years, and served as the Non-game Bird Program Manager from 1994 until his passing in August 2005 due to leukemia. John’s commitment to the preservation of all birds, and his wisdom in understanding that conservation can only succeed where good science is combined with engaging the people who care about the resource and are impacted by conservation efforts, inspired him to help found the NPABC in 2002. His achievements were commemorated through a slide presentation at the beginning of the Awards Ceremony.
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Outstanding Bird Conservation Award:
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Cris Carnine has shown outstanding leadership as Coordinator of Nebraska Prairie Partners, a joint undertaking by the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory to build a coalition of landowners and land managers who are actively involved in the conservation of lands important to prairie birds.
NPABC Steering Committee Chair Gloria Erickson presents Cris Carnine with her award, a Piping Plover (one of Nebraska's endangered birds) carved by Don Gabelhouse.
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Chairman’s Award:
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Paul Tebbel has shown outstanding leadership as Director of Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary and as acting Director of Audubon Nebraska for nearly ten years. His tremendous contributions to education, research, management, and the Central Platte community have had a resounding impact on our appreciation of Sandhill Cranes and the central Nebraska migration spectacle. Paul Tebbel receives a Long-billed Curlew, symbolic of Nebraska's grasslands.
The Piping Plover and Long-billed Curlew presented to our award recipients were masterfully carved by Don Gabelhouse.
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The Piping Plover and Long-billed Curlew presented to our award recipients were masterfully carved by
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
, Don is an expert carver of mantelpiece decoys is located in Lincoln, NE (402) 420-1744.
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