Publication Award for Outstanding Contribution to Conservation
This award recognizes Articles or Notes published in Waterbirds that represent a significant contribution to conservation of at-risk species or populations of waterbirds. The first year this award began was 2016.
- 2017 Recipient:
- Ellis, K., J.F. Cavitt, and R. T. Larsen. 2015. Factors Influencing Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) Nest Survival at Great Salt Lake, Utah. Waterbirds 38:58-67.
The paper contributes to conservation by producing management recommendations for nesting habitat substrate to reduce nesting on dikes, where nest survival is low due to human influence, and increasing alternative habitat elsewhere.
- Ellis, K., J.F. Cavitt, and R. T. Larsen. 2015. Factors Influencing Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) Nest Survival at Great Salt Lake, Utah. Waterbirds 38:58-67.
- 2016 Recipient:
- Lamb, J.S., C.S. Hall, S.W. Kress, and C.R. Griffin. 2014. Comparison of burning and weed barriers for restoring common tern (Sterna hirundo) nesting habitat in the Gulf of Maine. Waterbirds 37:286-297.