{"id":28005,"date":"2019-01-03T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/montana\/?p=28005"},"modified":"2019-01-03T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:24:14","slug":"mtafs-awards-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/mtafs-awards-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"MTAFS Awards Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
We need your help<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0in recognizing resource professionals with significant contributions to protecting and restoring aquatic habitats and fishes in Montana at the 2019 Montana Chapter of AFS Annual Meeting<\/strong>\u00a0– held at the Double Tree by Hilton, Billings, MT on\u00a0January 29 \u2013 February 1, 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Please send nominations to Traci Sylte (t<\/a>racisylte@gmail.com<\/a>)\u00a0by 5pm on January 15, 2019<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to be considered. Please also consider that\u00a0nominations can include any length and format. <\/strong>Microsoft Word or Adobe .pdf documents are preferred, but any format is acceptable (an example format has been attached for your convenience).\u00a0 For candidates receiving the award, the complete narrative<\/u> will be read during the award ceremony.<\/p>\n

Award categories<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0are: 1) Outdoor writers or reporters, 2) Educators, 3) Landowners, 4) Groups, organizations, or other individuals, 5) Career Achievement, 6) Natural Resource Professional, and 7) Outstanding Fishery Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n

General awards criteria<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0are signified by the category name and are evaluated on conservation actions, devotion, influence with local, state, or federal government entities, enacting important legislation, demonstration of long-term commitment, elevating public interest and awareness, assistance in research\/management\/stocking programs, innovative management programs\/practices, important research or management studies, or influences that have inspired and encourage others to pursue conservation and restoration of aquatic resources.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Outstanding Fishery Professional Award<\/u>\u00a0has additional criteria<\/strong>: membership and accomplishments in AFS and the MT Chapter; accomplishments of local, state, regional or national significance, \u201cabove and beyond\u201d efforts, exceptional creativity and innovation, membership in other professional, resource, conservation, and community organizations, and promotion for aquatic resource management outside the fish resource profession.<\/p>\n

Be sure to submit your\u00a0nominations\u00a0by 5pm on<\/strong>\u00a0January 15, 2019<\/strong>.\u00a0Applications are to be submitted to Traci Sylte (t<\/a><\/u>racisylte@gmail.com<\/a>) only, but feel free to reach out to any member of ExCom for assistance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, our current ExCom members are:<\/p>\n

Steve Dalbey<\/a><\/u>, President Elect<\/p>\n

Brian Ertel<\/a><\/u>, President<\/p>\n

Amber Steed<\/a><\/u>, Past President<\/p>\n

Marc Terrazas<\/a><\/u>, Secretary\/Treasurer<\/p>\n

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Thanks for your engagement in your MTAFS!<\/p>\n

Traci Sylte<\/p>\n

MTAFS Awards Chair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We need your help\u00a0in recognizing resource professionals with significant contributions to protecting and restoring aquatic habitats and fishes in Montana at the 2019 Montana Chapter of AFS Annual Meeting\u00a0– held at the Double Tree by Hilton, Billings, MT on\u00a0January 29 \u2013 February 1, 2019. Please send nominations to Traci Sylte (tracisylte@gmail.com)\u00a0by 5pm on January 15, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","odd","first-child","last-child"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/montana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}