Forestry & Natural Resource Awards Highlight Creativity and Innovation of Southern Extension Specialists
Athens, GA - November 19, 2013. The Southern Regional Extension Forest Resources Awards for Excellence were completed and announced today in Athens, Georgia.
The Southern Regional Extension Forest Resources Awards for Excellence were completed and announced recently in Athens, Georgia. A panel of four Extension Specialists provided the expertise to judge the nominations in several categories including Extension Publication, Newsletter, Journal Publication, Mass Media, Video, Research Technology Transfer, Computer Software and/or Website, Multi-State or Regional Project, Youth and Teacher Education, Project Administration and National/International Project. Awards are based on innovativeness, ability to show impact, replicability across state line, role of nominee and a variety of other criteria. Awards are based on merit with Gold level achieving the highest cumulative ranking, then Silver and Bronze.
This year there were 13 awards given to 57 individuals from several states. An abbreviated results list follows. Please follow the links to learn more about these award winning resources and programs.
More details on the awards can be found at: http://sref.info/news/articles/2013-southern-extension-forest-resource-awards-announced/view.
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| Category | Nominees | State | Project Title | Award Level |
| Extension Publication | Chris Demers, Alan Long and Annie Oxarart | FL | Your Backyard Woods and Wildlife | Gold |
| Extension Publication | David Mercker and Adam Taylor | TN | Estimating Weight of Logs and StandingTimber: Guide for Foresters, The Forest Industry, and Landowners | Bronze |
| Journal Publication | David Mercker, Ryan, Blair, Don Tyler, Arnold Saxton and Joshua Smith | TN | Extension Efforts to Restore Bottomland Oaks Requires Knowledge of Both Trees and Soil | Bronze |
| Computer Software and/or Website | Michael Mengak and Bodi Pennisi | GA | Resolving Issues with Nuisance Wildlife | Silver |
| Computer Software and/or Website | Michael Mengak and Bodi Pennisi | GA | Deer Tolerant Landscapes | Silver |
| Video | John Kushla, Butch Bailey, Don Bales, Stephen Dicke, James Floyd, Jason Gordon, James Henderson, Glenn Hughes, Andrew Londo, Randy Rousseau, Brady Self, John Auel and Jonathan Parrish | MS | Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi Video Series | Gold |
| Conference or Program Organization | John Kushla | MS | 2012 Annual MS SAF Conference Titled "Policy Initiative Drive Forestry: Celebrating 50 years of McIntire-Stennis Forestry Research" | Silver |
| Mass Media-Radio | Adam Rohnke | MS | Mississippi Public Radio-Mississippi Think Radio: Creature Comforts Radio Shows Bird of the Month Segment | Silver |
| Extension Publication | Scott Barrett, Joshua Chandler, M. Chad Bolding, and John Munsell | VA | Forest Harvesting in Virginia: Characteristics of Virginia's Logging Operations | Bronze |
| Extension Newsletter | Jason Gordon, Linda Garnett, Andy Londo, James Henderson, Brady Self, Randy Rousseau, John Kushla, Glenn Hughes, Stephen Dicke, Butch Bailey, James Floyd and Don Bales. | MS | The Overstory Forestry Extension Newsletter | Silver |
| Journal Publication | Bronson Strickland, Steve Demarais, Phillip Jones and Chad Dacus | MS | Phenotypic and Reproductive Variation in Female White-tailed Deer: The role of Harvest and Environment. | Silver |
| Extension Publication | Kevin Nelms, Jon Allison, Bronson Strickland and Bill Hamrick | MS | Growing and Managing Sunflowers for Dove Fields in the Southeast | Silver |
| Research Technology Transfer | J. Wesley Neal and David W. Willis | MS | Small Impoundment Management in North America | Gold |
Congratulations to this year's winners, a certificate and letter of recognition will be forwarded to each individual shortly.
Best regards,
Bill Hubbard
Southern Regional Extension Forestry
