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Show Wildlife Professionals Receive Recognition At Awards Banquet By Norm McKee Division of Wildlife Resources Wildlife Biologist The Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Wild-life Society recently recognized several local professional agency people for their extra efforts in behalf be-half of wildlife. The Wildlife Society Soci-ety is a national organization of wildlife professionals dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats. The 1 86 members of the Utah Chapter is made up of biologists, students, managers, conservation officers and academia from various governmental agen cies, universities, conservation organizations, or-ganizations, and private landowner groups and associations. The annual meeting and awards banquet is held in various areas of Utah. This year it was in Vernal on March 24 at the Utah State University Univer-sity Uintah Basin Branch Campus. The 1999 meetings were held at Ruby's Inn. Technical presentations are made by members and guests about the many current projects and studies occurring in Utah. University Univer-sity graduate students are encour- (See DWR on page 3-A) DWR From Front Page Recognized were District Hanger Carl Guillette, Fire Management Specialist Kim Soper, Range Conservationist Con-servationist Evan Boshell, and Wildlife Biologist Jose Noriega the four Panguitch men all have made an extra effort to rehabilitate ran-aged ran-aged to discuss their work on wildlife wild-life projects leading towards advanced ad-vanced degrees. Special speakers also address subjects of importance in the more complex profession of wildlife management. The Utah Chapter annually awards several university graduate students scholarship grants to help fund their project studies. Several local businesses have been supportive suppor-tive of this scholarship fund with donated funds and items for auction or raffle. Ruby's Inn, Bulkley's Taxidermy, and Lynn's NAPA Auto Supply are three consistent contributors con-tributors to this program. At the awards banquet, Certificates Certifi-cates of Appreciation were presented to four members of the U.S. Forest Service for their aggressive work on prescribed burning on the Powell Ranger District. (See DWR on page 4-A) DWR From Page 3-A gelands important to various wildlife wild-life species and livestock by the use nature's method - fire. During the last two decades, approximately 40,000 acres have been treated on the Powell District. Harry Barber of the BLM Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and Norman McKee, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources biologist were each recognized recog-nized with an Award of Merit for their work in the recent reintroduc-tion reintroduc-tion of Desert Bighorn Sheep and Pronghom Antelope to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The introductions hopefully will reestablish native wildlife species to former habitats as well as provide new opportunities opportuni-ties of cooperation with other users of the monument. At the Vernal meetings, members mem-bers of the society also elected Lisa Church, Kanab BLM biologist, to replace outgoing president Harry Barber, also of Kanab. HalTy and Lisa are evidence that some of the best wildlife professionals in Utah work in this area. |