TWS member Roel Lopez a ‘Conservation Trailblazer’

TWS member Roel Lopez, CWB, has received the Conservation Trailblazer Award from the Dallas Safari Club. The award recognizes three decades of contributions to wildlife conservation by Lopez, who heads the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management and directs the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.

“For decades, Dr. Lopez has been a nationally recognized leader in wildlife conservation,” said Corey Mason, chief executive officer of the Dallas Safari Club and Dallas Safari Club Foundation. “He has led many state and national conservation organizations and has a unique ability to bring people together to advance wildlife conservation.”

Much of Lopez’s work has focused on endangered and fragmented wildlife populations, military land sustainability, and rural land trends and demographics.

“Dr. Lopez has dedicated his career to advancing wildlife conservation not only through research and educational outreach, but through the development of the next generation of conservation leaders,” said Jeffrey W. Savell, vice chancellor and dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M. “His actions in and outside of the classroom seamlessly integrate research, leadership and service, enabling our college to produce tomorrow’s leaders and advance natural resource stewardship.”

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