Friends Group of the Year Nominees

Friends of Bitter Lake NWR, Bitter Lake NWR, NM

Dunes Center, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes NWR, CA

Friends of Deep Fork NWR, Deep Fork NWR, OK

Friends of Forsythe NWR, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ

Friends of Great Swamp NWR ,Great Swamp NWR, NJ

Friends of Horicon NWR, Horicon NWR, WI

Friends of Mid-Columbia River WR, Mid-Columbia River Refuges, WA

Friends of the Morris WMD, Morris WMD, MN

Okefenokee Wildlife League, Okefenokee NWR, GA

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Association, Ottawa NWR, OH

Pelican Island Preservation Society, Pelican Island NWR, FL

Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center, Fergus Falls WMD, MN

Friends of Quivira, Quivira NWR, KS

River Partners, San Luis NWRC, CA

Friends of Seal Beach NWR, Seal Beach NWR, CA

Friends of Trinity River Refuge, Trinity River NWR, TX

Volunteer of the Year Nominees

Tim Anderson, Seal Beach NWR, CA

Bulls Island Shorebird Team, Cape Romain NWR, SC

Gary Caldwell, DeSoto NWR, IA

Joe and Martha Davis, Okefenokee NWR, GA

David Govatski, Pondicherry NWR. NH

John Kelly, Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX

Malcolm Livingston, Patuxent Research Refuge, MD

Elizabeth Losey, Seney NWR, MI

Craig Mandel, Minnesota Valley NWR, MN

Jim Millholland, San Pablo Bay NWR, CA

Frank Moore, Chincoteague NWR, VA

Beverley Postmus, "Ding" Darling NWR, FL

Carole Reeves, Okefenokee NWR, GA

Lester Rose, Rice Lake NWR, TX

Dean Satchwell, Kootenai NWR, ID

George Scheil, Squaw Creek NWR, MO

Rudy and Winona Schuver, Willapa Bay NWR, WA

Michael Schwitters, Rainwater Basin WMD, NE

US Navy Seabees, Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 28, Detachment 0428 of Cape Girardeau, MO, Mingo NWR, MO

Susan Tebbs, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ

Ted and Charlotte Thomas, Chincoteague NWR, VA

Michelle Widhalm, DeSoto NWR, IA

Jonathan Yentis, Neal Smith NWR, IA

Refuge Manager of the Year Nominees

Brian Braudis, Big Lake NWR, AR

Timothy Bodeen, Midway Atoll NWR, HI

Carol Damburg, Seedskadee NWR, WY

Patricia Martinkovic, Long Island NWRC, NY

Joe Maxwell, Sullys Hill NGP, ND

Joseph McCauley, Eastern Virginia Rivers NWRC, VA

Roy W. Lowe, Oregon Coast NWRC, OR

Bill Radke, San Bernardino/Leslie Canyon NWR, AZ

Skippy Reeves, Okefenokee NWR, GA

John Schroer, Chincoteague NWR, VA

Rick Schultz, Minnesota Valley NWR, MN

Paul Tritaik, Pelican Island/Archie Carr NWR, FL

Refuge Employee of the Year Nominees

Michael Belsky, Necedah NWR, WI

Kevin Kilcullen, Headquarters NWRS, VA

Annabella Larsen, Prime Hook NWR, DE

Tom McFadden, Great Swamp NWR, NJ

Edward Meendering, Kulm WMD, ND

Andrea Pickart, Humboldt Bay NWR, CA

Cindy Samples, Upper Mississippi River NW&FR, MN

Bonnie Strawser, Alligator River/Pea Island NWRs, NC

Angela Tracy, Chincoteague NWR, VA

Christina Watson, Bombay Hook NWR, DE

Mara Weisenberger, San Andres NWR, NM

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