Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society's Awards


CSTWS Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award

Helen Schwantje Cowan Award

Helen Schwantje (2023)

 

Marco Festa Bianchet Cowan Award

Marco Festa-Bianchet (2022)

 

Ian Stirling Cowan Award

Ian Stirling (2021)

Charles Krebs Cowan Award

Charles Krebs (2020)

Fred Bunnell Cowan Award

Fred Bunnell (2019)

 

Valerius Geist Cowan Award

Valerius Geist (2018)

Jean Huot Cowan Award

Jean Huot (2017)

Kathy Parker Cowan Award

Kathy Martin (2016)

Doug Heard Cowan AwardDoug Heard (2015)

 

 



CSTWS Early Career Professional Award

Emily Thoroski (2022)

 

 



CSTWS Honorary Membership Award

Don Sexton Award WinnerDon Sexton (2016)

 

Merlin Shoesmith Award WinnerMerlin Shoesmith (2016)

 

 


Marissa Berard Puffins

Photo: Marissa Berard

 


The Wildlife Society's Service and Professional Awards


TWS Aldo Leopold Memorial Award

Wini Kessler Aldo Leopold AwardWinifred Kessler (2017)

 

Anthony Sinclair Aldo Leopold AwardAnthony Sinclair (2013)

H Albert Hochbaum Aldo LeopoldH. Albert Hochbaum (1980)

CHD Clarke Aldo Leopold AwardC.H.D. Clarke (1977)

Ian McTaggart Cowan Award Winner

Ian McTaggart-Cowan (1970)

 

Hoyes lloyd Cowan Award

Hoyes Lloyd (1956)

 

 



TWS Wildlife Society's Distinguished Service Award

Bob Jones Award WinnerBob Jones (2017)

 

Elston Dzus Award WinnerElston Dzus (2016)

Lu Carbyn Award WinnerLu Carbyn (2015) 

George Mitchell Award WinnerGeorge Mitchell (2014)



TWS Jay N. "Ding" Darling Award for Wildlife Stewardship Through Art

Robert Bateman Award WinnerRobert Bateman (2017)

 

 

 



TWS Fellows

Dee Patriquin Cowan Award

Dee Patriquin (2023)

 

Glynnis Hood Award Winner

Glynnis Hood (2023)

Al Arsenault Award Winner

Al Arsenault (2022)

Don Barnes Award Winner

Don Barnes (2021)

Erin McCance Award Winner

Erin McCance (2020)

 

Art Rodgers Award Winner

Art Rodgers (2019)

Kathy Parker Award Winner

Kathy Parker (2017)

Shane Mahoney TWS Fellow Award

Shane Mahoney (2017)

Karla Guyn Award Winner

Karla Guyn (2016)

 

Mikr Gillingham Award Winner

Mike Gillingham (2016)

Rick Baydack TWS Fellow

Rick Baydack (2016)

Don Sexton Award Winner

Don Sexton (2013)

Evelyn Merrill Award Winner

Evelyn Merrill (2012)

 

Mark Boyce Award Winner

Mark Boyce (2012)

Wini Kessler TWS Fellow

Winifred Kessler (2009)

Merlin Shoesmith Award Winner

Merlin Shoesmith (2007)



TWS Special Recognition Service Award

Evelyn Merrill Award Winner

Evelyn Merrill (2016)

 

Thomas Nudds Award Winner

Thomas Nudds (2015)

Shane Mahoney Special Recognition

Shane Mahoney (2013)

Wini Kessler Award Winner 2

Winifred Kessler (1999)

Ian Stirling Award Winner

Ian Stirling (1997)

 

 

 



TWS Jim McDonough Award

Don Barnes Award Winner

Don Barnes (2023)

 

Merlin Shoesmith Award Winner 2

Merlin Shoesmith (2014)

 

 

 

 



TWS Honorary Membership Award

John Stelfox Award Winner

John Stelfox (1989)

 

CHD Clarke

C.H.D. Clarke (1966)

Ian McTaggart Cowan Award Winnerr

Ian McTaggart-Cowan (1965)

Hoyes lloyd award winner

Hoyes Lloyd (1947)



TWS Group Achievement Award

ACA Award Winner

 

Alberta Conservation Association (2019)

BC Habitat trust

 

 

 

British Columbia Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (2007)

 

 

 

 

Resolute Bay Award Winner

 

Resolute Bay Hunters & Trappers Association (1994)

 

DUC Award Winner

 

 

 

Ducks Unlimited Canada (1978)

 

 

 

Delta Waterfowl Award Winner

 

Delta Waterfowl Research Station (1977)

 

 

 

 

 



TWS Chapter of the year Award

Alberta Chapter Award Winner

Alberta Chapter (2019)

 

 

 

 

 



TWS Excellence in Wildlife Education Award

Rick Baydack Wildlife Education Award

Rick Baydack (2020)

 

 

 

 

 



TWS Conservation Education Award

Emily Thoroski Conservation Education Award

Emily Thoroski (2020)

 

 

 

 

 



TWS Caesar Kleberg Award for Excellence in Applied Research

Ray Alisauskas Award Winner

Ray T. Alisauskas (2020)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Dennis Swayze Great Grey Owl

Photo: Dennis Swayze

 


The Wildlfie Society's Publication Awards



Journal Articles

 

2023

Lamb CT, Willson R, Richter C, Owens-Beek N, Napoleon J, Muir B, McNay R.S., Lavis E, Hebblewhite M, Giguere L, Dokkie T, Boutin S and Ford, AT. 2022. Indigenous-led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse-Za mountain caribou. Ecological Applications 2002,32:e2581.

 

2018

Lamb CT, Mowat G, McLellan BN, Nielson SE and S Boutin. 2016. Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex carnivore. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 55-65.

 

2017

Serrouya R, Wittman MJ, McLellan BN, Wittmer H and S Boutin. 2015. Using predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of broadscale experiments to reduce apparent competition. American Naturalist 185: 665-679.

 

2011

Beyer HL, Haydon DT, Morales JM, Frair JL, Hebblewhite M, Mitchell M and J Matthiopoulos. 2010. The interpretation of habitat preference metrics under use-availability designs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 2245-2254.

 

2006

Katnik DD & RB Wieglus. 2005. Landscape proportions versus. Monte Carlo simulated home ranges for estimating habitat availability. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:20-32.

 

1998

Rempel RS, Elkie PC, Rodgers A and MJ Gluck. 1997. Timber-management and natural disturbance effects on moose habitat: landscape evaluation. Journal of Wildlife Management 61: 517-524

 

1997

Beauchamp WD, Koford RR, Nudds TD, Clark RG and DH Johnson. 1996. Long-term declines in nest success of prairie ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 247-257.

 

Beauchamp WD, Nudds TD and RG Clark. 1996. Duck nest success declines with and without predator control. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 258-264.

 

1996

Krebs CJ, Boutin S, Boonstra R, Sinclair ARE, Smith NMN, Dale MRT, Martin K and R Turkington. 1995. Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle. Science 269: 112-115.

 

1994

Parker KL, Robbins CT and TA Hanley. 1984. Energy Expenditures for locomotion by mule deer and elk. Journal of Wildlife Management 49: 474-488.



Monographs

2013

Hurley MA, Unsworth JW, Zager P, Hebblewhite M, Garton EO, Montgomery DM, Skalski JR and C Maycock. 2011. Demographic response of mule deer to an experimental reduction of coyotes and mountain lions in southeastern Idaho. Wildlife Monographs No. 178. 

 

2007

Murray DL, Cox EW, Ballard WB, Whitlaw HA, Lenarz MS, Custer TW, Barnett T and TK Fuller. 2006. Pathogens, nutritional deficiency, and climate influences on a declining moose population. Wildlife Monographs No. 166. 

 

2005

Zwickel FC & JF Bendell. 2004. Blue Grouse: Their Biology and Natural History National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

 

1977

Pearson AM. 1975. The northern interior grizzly bear Ursos arctus L. Canadian Wildlife Service Report Series No. 34. 86 pp. 

 

1975

Dumke RT and CM Pils. 1973. Mortality of radio-tagged pheasants on the Waterloo Wildlife Area. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Technical Bulletin 72. 52pp.

 

1973

Tuck LM. 1972. The snipes: a study of the Genus Capella. Canadian Wildlife Service Monograph Series No. 5, 429pp.

 

1969

Kelsall JP. 1968. Migratory barren-ground caribou of Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service Monograph Series No. 5, 429pp

 

1965

Krebs CJ. 1964. The lemming cycle at Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, during 1959-1962. Arctic Institute of North America Technical Paper 15.

 

1962

Tuck LM. 1961. The murres: their distribution, populations, and biology; a study of the genus Uria. Canadian Wildlife Series 1. Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

 

1955

Stokes AW. 1954. Population studies of ring-necked pheasants of Pelee Island, Ontario. Technical Bulletin Wildlife Series No. 4, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto. 154pp.



Book of the year

2013

Stirling I. 2011. Polar Bears - The Natural History of a Threatened Species. Markham, Canada: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. 

 

2010

Barboza P, Parker KL and ID Hume. 2009. Integrative Wildlife Nutrition. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.

 

1972

Geist V. 1971. 1970. Mountain sheep, a study in behavior and evolution. Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press.

 

1957

Hochbaum HA. 1955. Travels and Traditions of Waterfowl. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA.

 

1945

Hochbaum HA. The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh. American Wildlife Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.



Editorship

1989

Novak M, Baker JA, Obbard ME and B Malloch (Editors). 1987. Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto. 1150 pp