BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:icalendar-ruby
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
X-WR-CALNAME:DNR Divisions of Fish & Wildlife and Nature Preserves award to
 p-performing employees
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Indiana (East)
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261013T123204Z
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_42615010222802
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230310
DESCRIPTION:The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife and Division of Nature Pres
 erves recently presented awards to employees who have provided outstanding
  contributions to conservation\, mentoring\, and teamwork during the previ
 ous year. \n\nAward winners were Denise Reust\, Tom Bacula\, Tom Despot\, 
 Scott Namestnik\, Sandy Clark-Kolaks\, Matt Linn\, Emily McCallen\, Joe Ca
 udell\, Tyler Delauder\, and Karl Eliason. The Indiana Hellbender Partners
 hip\, represented during the awards ceremony by Nate Engbrecht\, state her
 petologist\, also received recognition.\n\nReust\, office manager for J.E.
  Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife Area (FWA) was awarded the Fish & Wildlife Con
 servation Cornerstone Award. This honor recognizes a support staff member
 ’s excellence in advancing DFW programs. Reust’s exceptional execution
  of her duties and invaluable knowledge has increased the productivity and
  efficiency of operations at J.E. Roush Lake.\n\nBacula\, district 1 fishe
 ries biologist\, received the Fish & Wildlife Conservation Champion Award.
  It recognizes employees who have made outstanding contributions to conser
 vation. Bacula has provided instrumental leadership in the effort to rehab
 ilitate J.C. Murphey Lake at Willow Slough FWA.\n\nDespot\, northwest publ
 ic lands supervisor\, received the Fish & Wildlife Mentor of the Year Awar
 d\, which recognizes an exceptional ability to mentor others. Despot leads
  by example\, promotes staff communication and collaboration\, and ensures
  that everyone understands expectations and the resources available to the
 m.\n\nScott Namestnik\, state botanist\, received the Employee of the Year
  award from the Division of Nature Preserves. It honors an employee who de
 monstrated outstanding achievement towards the preservation of Indiana’s
  natural areas. Namestnik shares his botany expertise widely with the publ
 ic and has worked to refine and enhance the understanding of the plant gen
 us\, Rubus (blackberry\, raspberry\, and dewberry)\, in Indiana. \n\nThe t
 eam that produced the 2022-2023 Licensed Angler Survey received the Fish &
  Wildlife Director’s Team of the Year award\, which recognizes a team’
 s significant contribution to conservation. Clark-Kolaks (south region fis
 heries research biologist)\, Linn (north region fisheries research biologi
 st)\, Bacula\, McCallen (biometrician)\, Caudell (deer biologist)\, Delaud
 er (district 3 fisheries management biologist) and Eliason (business syste
 ms senior consultant) all received awards for their contribution to the 20
 22-2023 License Angler Survey\, which was the largest-ever public input ef
 fort by the DFW fisheries program. The survey yielded data about angler co
 ncerns and fish consumption habits from nearly 17\,000 licensed anglers. R
 esults from the survey effort can be seen at on.IN.gov/angler-survey.\n\nT
 he Indiana Hellbender Partnership received the Budd Denneman Partners in C
 onservation Excellence award to honor its outstanding conservation efforts
 . The Indiana Hellbender Partnership is a collaboration between the DNR an
 d Purdue University with funding support from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Ser
 vice and partners in local governments\, universities\, non-governmental o
 rganizations and zoos that are working to recover the state-endangered hel
 lbender. Developed over 15 years\, the Indiana Hellbender Partnership is t
 he largest and most comprehensive group working to recover an imperiled am
 phibian in Indiana.\n\nDFW and Nature Preserves also recognized employees 
 for their years of service:\n\n40 years: David Clary\, Brian Cripe\n\n35 y
 ears: Robin Bruegmann\, Timothy Prowant\, Robert Bell\n\n30 years: Annette
  Toth Hardin\, Daniel Carnahan\, Laura Minzes\n\n25 years: Denise Reust\, 
 Nathan Yazel\, Mark Ciesielski\n\n20 years: Alan Smith\, Matthew Norman\, 
 Daniel Gautier\, Cassie Hudson\n\n15 years: Lance Tresenriter\, Nathan Tho
 mas\, William Christensen\, Angela Haywood\, Theresa Bordenkecher\, Judith
  Black\n\n10 years: James Kovecsi\, Zachary DeYoung\, Travis Stoelting\, C
 had Springer\, Daniel Eckstein\, Bryan Boggs\, Michael Linne\, Reed Stille
 r\, Julie Gressley\, Dericke Lavoine\, Michael Rhoades\, Tyler Delauder\, 
 Katelyn Landwehr\, Craig Jansen\, Luke Rains\, Ben Dickinson\, Joe Simon\,
  Emily Stork\n\n5 years: Matthew Linn\, Sean Gebhard\, Kyle Knight\, Geria
 nn Albers\, Larry Abel\, James Edwards\, Kalli Dunn\, Bethany Stone\, Rile
 y Schubert\, Ronald Nicholson\, Daryl Boggs\, Zachary Schoenherr\, Hillary
  Bulcher\, Jessica Merkling\, Nathan Engbrecht\, Brad Westrich\, Matt Hors
 ley\, Ashley Sharkey\n\n \n\nTo view more DNR news releases\, please see d
 nr.IN.gov.
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:DNR Divisions of Fish & Wildlife and Nature Preserves award top-per
 forming employees
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.in.gov/event/dnr_divisions_of_fish_wildlife_an
 d_nature_preserves_award_top-performing_employees
CATEGORIES:Press Releases
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR