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2006 Awards and Appointments – USGS National Wetlands Research Center 

Awards

Various staff members received 30 Center awards.  The Region presented a STAR award to Information Branch Chief for outstanding “behind the scenes” help for the Congressional Gulf Coast briefing.  The following given by entities external to USGS.

External Awards

Employee Name

Type of Award

Effective Date

USGS Hurricane Team at NWRC

Service to America Medal Award (More Information)

9/27/2006

National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil Competition 2006
   Gregory J. Smith
   Wylie Barrow

First Place Shoestring Budget Category; Fact Sheets “Migratory Bird Pathways and the Gulf of Mexico” and “Using Radar to Understand Migratory Birds and Their Habitats”

May 2006

U.S. Army
   Blaire Hutchinson

Humanitarian Service Medal (“Operation Vigilant Relief”)

December 2005

State of Mississippi    Blaire Hutchinson

Mississippi Emergency Service Medal

December 2005

American Fisheries Society
   Jill Jenkins

Appreciation Award for Service as LA Chapter AFS President Elect

2004-2006

USEPA/ORD/National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory    Paul Tom Heitmuller

NHEERL Quality Assurance Team Member Award

November 2005

American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
   Elijah Ramsey

“2006 Leica Geosystems Award” for Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing (More Information)

May 2006

Ecological Society of America
   Jacoby Carter

Selected “Ecologist Profile” for 2006

August 2006

ESRI
   Spatial Analysis Branch

ESRI International GIS Award

July 2006

Lafayette Commission on the Needs of Women
   Debbie Norling

Women of Excellence Public Service Award (More Information)

9/29/2006

Appointments

Beth Middleton Secretary General -Society of Wetlands Scientists (International)
2004-2008
Beth Middleton Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate
2006-2011
Beth Middleton Editorial Review Board, Applied Vegetation
2005
Beth Middleton USGS National Science Strategy Team
2006-2007
Beth Middleton Society of Ecological Restoration India Advisory Board
2003 – 2006
Beth Middleton Emiquon Advisory Board for the Illinois River, Nature Conservancy
2001-2006
Rebecca Howard Treasurer - Society of Wetlands Scientist (International)
2002-2006
Ken Krauss Executive Board Member-Society of Wetlands Scientist - South Central Chapter
2005-2007
Wylie Barrow Scientific Advisory Board Member - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
1996-2005
Wylie Barrow Recovery Team Member - Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
2005-2006
Bob Keeland Treasurer - Coastal Plain Chapter-Society of Ecological Restoration
2005-2007
Jacoby Carter Society of Wetland Scientists, Chair of the Human Diversity Committee
2005-2006
Jacoby Carter Ecological Society of America, Chair of the International Affairs Section
2005-2006
Jill Jenkins Current President of the LA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
2006-2008
Jill Jenkins Chair, Grant Committee, St. George Parish, Baton Rouge, LA
2005-Present
Randy Westbrooks USGS Representative, National Biological Control Technical Advisory Group (Chaired by USDA APHIS).
1998-Present
Randy Westbrooks USGS Representative, Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
1990-2006
Randy Westbrooks Member, Weed Alert Committee, Weed Society of America
1986-Present
Randy Westbrooks USGS Liaison, Weed Science Society of America
1998-Present
Randy Westbrooks Chair, International Early Detection and Rapid Response Working Group, World Conservation Union, Invasive Species Specialist Group
2005-Present
Susan Walls American Society of Ichthylogists and Herpetologists, Member of the Editorial Board for Copeia
1999 -Present
Susan Walls American Society of Ichthylogists and Herpetologists, Member of the Board of Governors
1997-Present
Susan Walls American Society of Ichthylogist and Herpetologists, ASIH History of the Society Committee
2005-Present
Susan Walls Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC), Elected as Chair of the National Research Working Group
2006
Larry Handley Executive Secretary, Gamma Theta Upsilon, The International Geographical Honor Society
2005-2010
Larry Handley National Director, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2004-2007
Larry Handley Chair, Bylaws Committee, American Society of Photogrammetry and Rmote Sensing
2005-2006
Larry Handley Executive Committee, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2005-2007
Larry Handley Executive Planning Board, Finance Committee, National Council for Geographic Education
2004-2007
Larry Handley Bylaws Committee, Association of American Geographers
2005-2006
Larry Handley Technical Editor, The Journal of Geography, National Council for Geographic Education
2004-2007
Larry Handley Governor's Louisiana Environmental Education Commission
1998-2009
Larry Handley Chair, Governor's Louisiana Environmental Education Commission
2006
Larry Handley Treasurer, Louisiana Environmental Education Association
2006-2009
Larry Handley Co-organizer, Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Conference
1994-Present
Elijah Ramsey Associate Editor, Journal of Coastal Research
2005-2006
Elijah Ramsey Associate Editor, Wetlands
2005-2006
Elijah Ramsey Associate Editor, Wetlands Ecology and Management
2005-2006
Elijah Ramsey Trustee, Coastal Education and Research Foundation
2005-2006
Gaye Farris Board of Directors, National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC)
1999-2006

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