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  • About Us
    • Who We Are & What We Do
    • Trademark of Logo
    • Members
    • Officers & Directors
    • Constitution & Bylaws
    • Committees
    • Technical Committees >
      • Black Bear
      • Deer
      • Fish & Wildlife Diversity
      • Fish Health
      • Fur Resources
      • Habitat
      • Rivers & Streams
      • Upland Gamebird
  • Resources
    • Resolutions
    • Technical Publications & Reports
    • Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation (R3)
    • Partners & Collaborators
    • Regional Conservation Needs
    • Help with Wildlife Damage
    • Wildlife Disease Information
    • Northeast Region State Wildlife Action Plan Database
    • Furbearer Management in the Northeast >
      • About Us
      • Furbearer Conservation & Management
      • Benefits of Trapping
      • Animal Welfare
      • Trap Designs
      • Trapping Then and Now
      • Furbearer Guide
  • Conference
    • General Info
    • Registration
    • Travel Logistics
    • Program >
      • Schedule
      • Special Symposia
      • Workshops
      • Call for Symposia
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  • Robert McDowell Award
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    • Past Recipients
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    • Clearinghouse
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    • Northeast Landscape Wildlife Conservation
    • R3
    • Rivers & Streams
    • Upland Gamebird
    • WSFR Region 5 File Repository

THE ROBERT MCDOWELL AWARD FOR CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

Overview

Robert McDowellRobert McDowell
​The Robert McDowell Award was established by the Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Inc. in 2015 to honor career professionals who have made significant contributions to advance fish and wildlife conservation in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canadian Provinces. Robert McDowell, the Award’s namesake, was the first recipient of this award.

Robert McDowell worked for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife for over 35 years, including 12 years as that agency’s director. Bob holds his undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and a graduate degree from Rutgers University. Bob’s many accomplishments included protecting over 260,000 acres of public open space in New Jersey’s Wildlife Management Area System (a system that now exceeds 340,000 acres), and establishing the Delaware Bay Initiative, a coalition of local, state, and federal agencies working with key conservation organizations to restore and enhance the Bay’s wetlands. Bob served as the Association’s first Executive Secretary shortly after his retirement from the State of New Jersey in 2003, and served in that capacity until 2015. Bob has also been recognized for his professional accomplishments by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, receiving their 2000 Ernest Thompson Seton Award for the promotion of professional fish and wildlife management. Bob received his namesake award at a ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island during the 2015 Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. The citation read in honor of Bob is available here.

Nomination Procedures

Presented by the Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies 

This award is the highest honor presented by the Association. It is presented to an individual who meets the following criteria:
  1. Long-term commitment to fish and wildlife resources and the stewardship thereof;
  2. Outstanding achievements on behalf of those resources as well as in the field of fish and wildlife management;
  3. Fostering a vision for the future preservation, conservation and utilization of those resources and an ability to affect change toward that vision;
  4. Nurture and support future generations of natural resource managers through innovative information, education, and outreach;
  5. An affiliation of some type with the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

This award will be presented annually at the Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference. Nominations are due by March 15, and should be sent to Gordon Batcheller (gordon.batcheller@neafwa.org). 

2023 Conference Location: 
Hershey, Pennsylvania

Conference Attendee Testimonials

"These conferences are a great way for academics and professionals to meet and build cooperative relationships that stimulate the growth of this ever-important field. " 

​"The NEAFWA conference was an amazing experience! Seeing so many women in the field of conservation was very motivating and inspiring!"
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"This was my first wildlife conference (I'm a graduating senior at the University of Delaware) and the NEAFWA conference made me so excited to continue in this field. I am excited to attend the next one."

"​The NEAFWA conference is a melting pot where natural resource professionals from all career stages have the opportunity to learn from one another."

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