Alabama Wildlife Federation to Recognize Conservation Achievement Award Recipients

The Alabama Wildlife Federation held the banquet, co-sponsored by Alabama Power Company and PowerSouth Energy on Friday, August 8, 2014 at The Marriott Legends at Capitol Hill in Prattville. Additional sponsors included Consolidated Construction Company, Consolidated Pipe & Supply, Inc., First South Farm Credit, Hinton Lumber Products, Mr. Josh & Mrs. Mary Virginia Mandell, Mr. Lee Thuston, Russell Lands and Talladega Superspeedway. The Westervelt Company sponsored the social event prior to the banquet. Alabama Gulf Seafood was sponsored by the Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission.

The AWF Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards (GCAA) are the most respected conservation honors in the state of Alabama. Over the past 40 years, the AWF has presented these awards to individuals and organizations that make great contributions to the conservation of Alabama’s wildlife and related natural resources.

This year’s award recipients are:

– Conservationist of the Year: The Stimpson Family, Mobile
– Wildlife Conservationist of the Year: Frank Boyd, Auburn
– Forest Conservationist of the Year: Blake Kelley, Rockford
– Water Conservationist of the Year: Eve Brantley, Auburn
– Soil Conservationist of the Year: Earl Norton, Auburn
– Air Conservationist of the Year: Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, Lincoln
– Conservation Organization of the Year: Alabama Resource Conservation & Development Council, Montgomery
– Judicial Conservationist of the Year: Judge Mitchell S. Floyd, Guntersville
– Legislative Conservationist of the Year: Congressman Bradley Byrne, Fairhope and
Representative Mark Tuggle, Alexander City
– Conservation Communicator of the Year: Alan White, Stapleton
– Conservation Educator of the Year: Kay Stone, Auburn
– Conservation Enforcement Officer of the Year: Officer Greg Elrod, Fort Payne
– Hunter Safety Instructor of the Year: Larry Hutcherson, New Site

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