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2007 Awards and Appointments – USGS National Wetlands Research Center 

Awards

  • Gregory J. Smith received the award “Scientist Communicator of the Year” from the USGS Communications Office.

  • Sheryl Carriere was recognized for her support and assistance with fiscal year end acquisitions made for the Arkansas Water Science Center.

  • Helen Whiffen was recognized for her progressive contributions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its Joint Venture partners through the provision of leadership and technical expertise in the field of Information Technology

  • Jill A. Jenkins, American Fisheries Society, Education Section, Service award for 2006-2007

Appointments

Beth Middleton Secretary General -Society of Wetlands Scientists (International) 2004-2008
Beth Middleton Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate 2006-2011
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 Board Member - Society of Wetlands Scientist (International) 2007-2009
Ken Krauss Executive Board Member-Society of Wetlands Scientist - South Central Chapter 2005-2007
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
Karen McKee Editor, SWS Research Brief, Society of Wetlands Scientists 2007-Present
Karen McKee Smithsonian Research Associate 2007-Present
Karen McKee Review Panelist, EPA U.S. Climate Change Science Program 2007-Present
Karen McKee Reviewe Panelist, DOE National Institute for Climate Change 2007-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-Present
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 2004-2010
Larry Handley Chair, Bylaws Committee, American Society of Photogrammetry and Rmote Sensing 2005-2008
Larry Handley Executive Committee, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2005-2010
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 2004-2010
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
Larry Handley Recovery Team – Ivory-billed Woodpecker 2005-2008
Larry Handley USFWS Region 4 Strategic Habitat Conservation Implementation Team 2007-2008
Larry Handley FGDC Wetlands Subcommittee 2004-Present
Larry Handley FGDC Wetlands Mapping Standard Task Force 2006-Present
Larry Handley USGS Land Remote Sensing Advisory Panel 1998-Present
Larry Handley USGS Global Fiducials Development and Validation Team 2002-Present
Larry Handley Gulf Alliance Habitata Identification and Characterization Team 1998-Present
Larry Handley Gulf Alliance Watershed Prioritization Team 2007
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
Elijah Ramsey American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2006-2007
Elijah Ramsey Adjunct Professor Geography and Anthropology Department, Lousisana University 2003-2007
Elijah Ramsey Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite (GOES) Assistant Manager for USGS BRD 2005-2007
Greg Steyer Louisiana Coastal Ecosystems Science Coordinator 2006-Present
Greg Steyer USGS Representative, Louisiana coastal Area (LCA) Science Coordination Team 2005-Present
Greg Steyer USGS Representative, Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Science and Technology Working Group 2004-2006
Greg Steyer Co-chairman, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (SWPPRA) Monitoring Workgroup 1990-Present
Greg Steyer Co-chairman, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Technical Advisory Group 1994-Present
Gaye Farris Gulf of Mexico Alliance Educational Steering Committee 2006-2007
Gaye Farris Publishing Issues Groups 2000-2007
Gaye Farris Board of Directors, National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) 1999-2007
Dolores Richardson Level IA Contracting Officer/Federal Acquisition Institute Certification 2007

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