Distinguished Service Award:
Mike Mitchell
Biologist of the Year Award:
Brandi Skone
Bob Watts Communications Award:
Torrey Ritter
Rising Professional Award:
Amber Feddes
Wildlife Conservation Award:
Mike McTee
Wynn Freeman Scholarship Recipients:
Carly Segal (MSU) and Mattie Budine (UM)
Western Meadowlark Award Recipients
(for other Montana colleges with wildlife programs)
Joe Lamb (UM Western)
Best Student Oral Presentation:
Anna Kurtin (grad, UM) – Improving black-billed cuckoo monitoring in Montana
Emily Pizinni (undergrad, MT Technological University) – The effect of precipitation accumulation on bull elk harvest in the Big Hole area of Montana
Best Student Poster Award:
Eli Estey (grad, University of Idaho) – Human dimensions of wolverine (Gulo gulo) perspectives and attitudes of backcountry winter recreationists
Mathew Gomez (undergrad, UM) – Comparison of beaver dam densities between drainages open and closed to trapping
TWS Grant Recipient:
Leah Rensel (UM)