NETWS Past Award Winners

Curt Twedt
Dr. Ron Case
Carl Wolfe
Clayton Stalling
John Dinan
Dave Oates (2011)
Mark Lindvall (2012)
Larkin Powell (2013)
Laurel Badura (2014)
Scott Luedtke (2015)
Tom Welstead (2017)
Emily Munter (2017)
Gerry Steinauer (2019)

Professional of the Year:

Len McDaniel
Mace Hack
Mike Fritz
Gene Mack
Ross Locke
Karl Menzel
​Greg Schenbeck
Peter Berthelsen
Joe Gabig
Dr. Ron Case
Bill Vodehnal
Gerry Steinauer
Marian Langan
Mark Humpert (2011)
Chuck Butterfield (2012)
Kent Fricke (2013)
Monica Keep (2014)
Shaun Dunn (2015)
Juancarlos Giese (2019)

​P. Joe Gabig Award:

Zach Cunningham — Sandhills Population of Mallards (2009)
Ingrid Barcelo — Winter Ecology of Sandhill Cranes in Mexico (2010)
Scott Groepper (2011)
​Todd Buckley — Analysis of a 10-year Dataset on Sandhill Crane Habitat Use (2012)
Matt Haugen (2013)
Matthew Hinrichs (2019)

Other Chapter Awards:

Bob Lemaire — Outstanding Service Award
Bill Bailey — CMPS Professional Conservation Award
George J. Schildman — Outstanding Professional Award
George J. Schildman — Honorary Member of NETWS
​Frank A. Ehlers — Outstanding Professional Award
Tim Knott — Non-Professional or Citizens Award
Howard Wiegers — Honorary Member of NETWS
Gene Horbeck — Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to Wildlife in Nebraska
Len McDaniel — CMPS Professional Conservation Award
Lon and Carolyn Lemmon — Outstanding Service Award (2017)

Student-Poster Contest:

Reineke, M.L. — Nesting Behavior time-budget analysis and nest predators of the Western Meadowlark
Anderson, L.C. — Incomplete detectability for a grassland bird nest-detection method.
Cunningham, Zach — Mallard Nesting in Nebraska’s Sandhills
Thacker-Lynn, L.E. — Variation in Orthoptera biomass as an index of Western Meadowlark food availability