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Wildlife group recognizes outstanding conservationists for 2007Kansas The Kansas Wildlife Federation, 57-year old grassroots organization of hunters, anglers and dedicated conservationists, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Conservation Achievement Program Awards (listed below). There are 12 distinguished recipients for awards for the past year. Leading the group is perhaps one of the most deserving of recognition in the history of these prestigious awards. Larry and Bette Haverfield from Logan County have risked perhaps their ranch and livelihood in defense of their private property rights. Their belief is that cattle ranching and the prairie dog ecosystem can co-exist profitably. It is mostly because of their own devotion to wildlife that property, which they own or manage, was one of the first release sites for re-introduced Black-footed Ferrets. This rarest of North American mammals was once lost from Kansas but recently returned due to diligent efforts of captive propagation and reintroduction programs and cooperating landowners like the Haverfields. The Haverfields, along with 11 other admirable recipients, will be honored at the Annual Meeting and Forty Third Conservation Achievement Program Awards Banquet on Feb. 9 at the Clarion Inn in Manhattan. Dan Mulhern, Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will entertain the group with a recount of the monumental effort to bring Black-footed Ferrets back to the Kansas plains. For more information about the meeting and program registration, contact: Don Snider, KWF President, at 316-648-8827 or Steve Sorensen, KWF Conservation Vice President at 316-214-3001 or webforbs@cox.net. 2007 Conservation Achievement Program winners: --Conservationists of the Year: Larry and Bette Haverfield, Winona; --Conservation Organization: Neosho Valley Chapter #238 of Quail Unlimited, Council Grove; --Wildlife Conservationist: Brent Konen, Council Grove; --Conservation Communicator: Marc Murrel, Newton; --Water Conservationist: Pat Sauble, Cedar Point;
Land and Soil --Wildlife Conservationist: Jane Koger, Matfield Green; --Outdoor Skills Instructor: Wayne Doyle, Pratt;
Farmer/Rancher --Wildlife Conservationists: Steve and Jacque Sundgren, Rosalia; --Stream Monitor: Laura Calwell, Mission; --Conservation Educator: Laura Downey, Manhattan; --Forest Conservationist: Jay Allen, Ft. Scott; --Youth Conservationist: Parker Bohm, Wichita; 2/18/08 Date: 2/21/08
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