Conservation Awards
Best Paper | Joe Hogan Individual Achievement | Conservation | Outstanding Student
| 2009 | Arkansas Bass Association |
| 2008 | Save the Ouachita |
| 2007 | Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Dardanelle Aquatic Resources Team |
| 2004 | None Awarded |
| 2003 | Northwest Arkansas Bassmasters |
| 2002 | North Arkansas Fly Fisherman's Association |
| 2001 | Bayou Bartholomew Alliance, Goals include: improve water quality, restore and preserve natural beauty, educate the public, enhance benefits to fish, wildlife and public recreation and to improve the overall benefits to landowners adjacent to Bayou Bartholomew |
| 2000 | Fred Berry, a teacher and counselor in Yellville-Summit schools, lives within a short distance of Crooked Creek, the renowned smallmouth fishery in northern Arkansas. Fierce controversy has swirled for years around Crooked Creek, gravel mining and access for fishermen. Facilities to teach and demonstrate conservation education to youngsters, senior citizens and everyone in between was on Mr. Berry’s mind when he donated a block of stock valued at $1 million to the Arkansas Game
and Fish Foundation.
The foundation then purchased 421 acres of land along Crooked Creek from one of two landowners involved in court actions because they had erected fences across the creek that impeded fishermen and floaters. The property has three miles of frontage on the creek just outside Yellville, Arkansas. It includes Kelly’s Slab, a well-known landmark for fishermen. The purchase insures public access to this area and the cable across the creek. The objective for Mr. Berry and the foundation is to use the land as a starter for a conservation education center in north Arkansas. |
| 1999 | Mountain Home Sportsman Club for long-term contributions to Northwest Arkansas fisheries which included courtesy docks and fish habitat improvements. |
| 1998 | Arkansas Chapter Trout Unlimited for long-term support of trout management in Arkansas. A particular example is their financial sponsorship and volunteer efforts on the Beaver Tailwater Habitat Restoration Project. |
| 1997 | Southwestern Power Administration (in memory of Fred J. Munsell) for their efforts to maintain and enhance water quality in the White River to protect the trout fishery below Bull Shoals dam. (1st recipient) |
Send your nomination and a brief biographical sketch to Joe Stoeckel.
