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Natural Areas Association
P.O. Box 1504,
Bend, OR 97709
Telephone: (541) 317-0199
Fax: (541) 317-0140
Email: mail@naturalarea.org
Web: www.naturalarea.org
Mission
The mission of the Natural Areas Association
is to advance the preservation of natural
diversity. The Association works to inform,
unite, and support persons engaged in
identifying, protecting, managing and
studying natural areas and biological
diversity across landscapes and ecosystems.
Board Officers
Kim Herman, President
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Lisa Smith, Vice President
Consultant - Stahlstown, Pennsylvania
Pene Speaks, Secretary
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Randy R. Heidorn, Treasurer
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Board of Directors
David Borneman
Ann Arbor Department of Parks & Recreation
Brian Bowen
Tennessee Natural Areas Program
Ruark Cleary
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Pete Colverson
Pandion Systems, Inc.
Alex Glazer
Natural Reserve System, Univ. of California
Ronald Hiebert
National Park Service, Flagstaff, Arizona
Renee Kivikko
Land Trust Alliance
Thomas Meyer
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Timothy Nigh
Missouri Department of Conservation
Karen Smith
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
Appointments & Liaisons
Steven Link, Natural Areas Journal Editor
Washington State University - Tri-Cities
Steve Shelly (Liaison)
USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana
Natural Area News
Co-Editors: Ruark Cleary/Deb Kraus
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The Natural Areas Conference 2007
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An awesome lineup (L to R): Ron Hiebert, NAA board, and
awards committee member; Jeffrey Krause, 2007 Carl N. Becker Stewardship
Award recipient; John Bacone, 2007 George B. Fell Award recipient; Renee
Boronka and Jim Bissell, co-director and director of the CMNH’s Center for
Conservation & Biodiversity—and extraordinary organizers of the 2007
conference; Kim Herman, NAA President, who presented the awards.
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began in 1956 when the Museum obtained its first natural
area, Fern Lake Bog, and now protects more than 4,000 acres. The Museum’s
natural areas are outstanding educational and scientific resources, and
its preserves are model scientific field laboratories in which curators
and other scientists can conduct long-term studies in locations relatively
free from human interference. They also proved to be spectacular places to
take NAA members on conference field trips.
Among the notable events at this NAC, the 2007 George B. Fell Award was
presented to John A. Bacone, Director of the Indiana Division of Nature
Preserves, in recognition of a lifetime of service to natural areas
conservation. The Natural Areas Association awards the George B. Fell
Award to an individual who exhibits the highest qualities of the natural
areas profession and who has significantly advanced natural area
identification, protection, stewardship, or research. This award is given
in
honor of
NAA President Kim Herman enjoys one of the
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George B. Fell, founder of the Natural Land Institute and a
founding NAA member and officer who dedicated his life to the
Conference attendees discuss their favorite sessions.
protection of natural areas. This is the association’s highest
award—a top-of-career award—and it is reserved for exceptional achievement
in the natural areas field. (See related story this issue.)
The second of NAA’s two major awards is the Carl N. Becker Stewardship
Award, which is given each year to recognize individuals or groups who
have demonstrated excellence in natural area stewardship. It is given in
honor of Carl N. Becker, former NAA president, and a great conservation
leader whose skills benefited natural area conservation locally,
regionally, and nationally. This year, NAA recognized Jeffrey Krause, U.
S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. Mr. Krause is the Wildlife
Biologist for the Baltimore District’s nearly 30,000-acre Raystown Lake
Project. (See related story this issue.)
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