Distinguished Moose Biologist Award Past Recipients

2023 — Steven K. Windels, Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, Minnesota, USA

2022 — Tuire Nygrén, Natural Resources Institute Finland , Ilomantsi, Finland

2021 — Not Presented

2020 — Not Presented

2019 — Lee Kantar, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bangor, Maine, USA

2018 — Roy V. Rea, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

2017 — Kaarlo Nygrén, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Ilomantsi, Finland

2016 — Ronald A. Moen, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA

2015 — Peter J. Pekins, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

2014 — Edward M. Addison, Ministry of Natural Resources, Maple, Ontario, Canada

2013 — Not Presented

2012 — Not Presented

2011 — Kjell Danell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

2010 — Michael W. Schrage, Fond du Lac band of Chippewa, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA

2009 — Kenneth N. Child, Ministry of Environment, Prince George, BC, Canada

2008 — Not Presented

2007 — Kris J. Hundertmark, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

2006 — Kristine M. Rines, New Hampshire Fish and Game, New Hampton, New Hampshire, USA

2005 — Bill Samuel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

2004 — W. Eugene Mercer, Wildlife Division, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

2003 — Arthur R. Rodgers, Ministry of Natural Resources, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

2002 — Bernt-Erik Sæther, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

2001 — R. Terry Bowyer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

2000 — Gerry M. Lynch, Environmental Protection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1999 — William J. Peterson, Department of Natural Resources, Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

1998 — Peter A. Jordan, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

1997 — Margareta Stéen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

1996 — Vic Van Ballenberghe, U.S. Forest Service, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

1995 — Not Presented

1994 — James M. Peek, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA

1993 — Murray W. Lankester, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

1992 — Not presented

1991 — Charles C. Schwartz, Dept. of Fish and Game, Soldotna, Alaska, USA

1990 — Rolf Peterson, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

1989 — Warren B. Ballard, Dept. of Fish and Game, Nome, Alaska, USA

1988 — Vince F.J. Crichton, Dept.of Natural Resources, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

and

Michel Crête, Ministère du Loisir de la Chasse et de la Péche, Québec, PQ, Canada

1987 — W.C. Bill Gasaway, Dept. of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

1986 — H. R. (Tim) Timmermann, Ministry of Natural Resources, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

1985 — Ralph Ritcey, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

1984 — Edmund Telfer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1983 — Albert W. Franzmann, Division of Fish and Game, Soldotna, Alaska, USA

1982 — A. (Tony) Bubenik, Ministry of Natural Resources, Maple, Ontario, Canada

1981 — Patrick D. Karns, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

and

Al Elsey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

1974 — Prior to the establishment of the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award the group recognized the pioneering moose research of the late Laurits (Larry) Krefting, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with an individual award

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