Distinguished Service Award:
Dan Tyers
Wildlife Conservation Award:
Granger Ranch
Biologist of the Year Award:
Ashley Taylor
Bob Watts Communications Award:
No Nominations
Rising Professional Award:
Shane Petch
Wynn Freeman Scholarship Recipients:
Noah Sechrist (MSU) and Malakai Spint (UM)
Western Meadowlark Award Recipients
(for other Montana colleges with wildlife programs)
No Nominations
Best Student Oral Presentation:
Milan Vinks (grad, UM) – Spatio-temporal response of grizzly bear habitat selection to harvested forests and fire disturbance in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem
Ava Window (undergrad, UM) – Intra-seasonal shifts in summer elk diet composition
Best Student Poster Award:
Elise Loggers (grad, MSU) – Long-term insights from stable isotope analysis of foraging strategies of grizzly bears in a dynamic ecosystem
Kilynn Groen (undergrad, UM) – Ecological consequences of selective logging: Insights from the Chiquibul Forest Reserve
TWS Grant Recipient:
Itai Namir (MSU)
Conference Artwork:
Carly Segal (MSU)