CARCNET Awards
Silver Salamander Award
| Recipients
Blue Racer Award
| Recipients
CARCNET / RÉCCAR Scholarship
| Recipients
Student Presentation - Award
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Silver Salamander and Blue Racer Awards
The CARCNET Silver Salamander Award is presented to an individual or an
organization in recognition of a specific contribution to the conservation of amphibians and
reptiles in Canada.
The CARCNET Blue Racer Award is presented to an individual in recognition of
cumulative contributions to research and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Canada.
Selection: Recipients will be recommended to the CARCNET
Board by an Awards Committee appointed by the Board. Any member of CARCNET may
nominate a potential recipient by submitting the name of the individual or organization,
along with justification, to the Chair of the Awards Committee. The Awards Committee
will consist of three individuals, members in good-standing of CARCNET, appointed
by the CARCNET Awards committee members will sit for a period of two years. Awards
Committee members may be re-appointed but may sit for not for more than two consecutive
terms.
Frequency: Annually, no more than two CARCNET Silver Salamander
Awards, and no more than a single CARCNET Blue Racer award may be presented. Although
Awards may be presented annually, the CARCNET Awards Committee and Board reserve
the right not to present awards should there be no suitable candidates.
Awards Ceremony: Awards will be presented during the CARCNET
Annual Meeting.
Silver Salamander Award Recipients
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| Year |
Recipient |
Citation |
| 2006 |
Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program |
In recognition of continued support for the recovery of the Southern Mountain population
of the Northern Leopard Frog |
| Gord McAdams and the West Kootenay Community Ecosociety |
In recognition of commitment to the conservation of Painted Turtles in British
Columbia |
| Presented in memory of Michael Rankin |
In recognition of operating the Rideau River project "turtle hot line". A true
friend of Canadian herpetology & a man with turtles in his heart |
| 2005 |
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority |
In recognition of the Rideau River Biodiversity Project |
| Canadian Museum of Nature |
In recognition of the Rideau River Biodiversity Project |
| Dr. Frederick W. Schueler |
In recognition of conducting more than two decades of "Mudpuppy Night in Oxford
Mills" |
| 2004 |
Laura Friis;
British Columbia Ministry of Environment |
Contribution to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Canada, through
overseeing BC's Wildlife at Risk brochure series on amphibians and reptiles; involvement in
many conservation programs for amphibians and reptiles, ranging from on-the-ground
recovery projects for individual species, to establishing the BC Frogwatch program,
to general advocacy for wetland conservation |
Steve Brechtel:
Alberta Ministry of Sustainable Resource
Development |
Contribution to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Canada, through
establishing the Alberta Northern Leopard Frog reintroduction project; also development of
Albertan conservation initiatives such as the Volunteer Amphibian Monitoring Program,
the "less official" snake den inventory, the Provincial Status Report
series, and the Species at Risk brochure series |
| 2003 |
Ben Porchuck and the Wilds of Pelee Island |
In recognition of continued support for conservation of amphibians and reptiles on Pelee
Island |
| 2002 |
Dave Roberts;
Manitoba Conservation |
In recognition of his important conservation efforts at the overwintering dens of the
red-sided gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, in Narcisse, Manitoba. |
| Manitoba Hydro | In recognition of the donation of volunteer
time, expertise and equipment to install kilometres of drift fence and "snake
tunnels" constructed under the highway at various locations along the migration
corridor of the red-sided garter snake in the Interlake region of Manitoba. |
| 2001 |
The Nature Trust of New Brunswick | For their establishment of Hyla Park in
1995; this park was established to protect the most northeasternly population
of the Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor). |
| Ducks Unlimited |
For their establishment of the Small Marsh Program; the goal of this program is to
establish or enhance existing small wetlands. |
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Blue Racer Award Recipients
| Year |
Recipient |
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| 2007 |
Dr. David M. Green on the right,
with Ron Brooks (left) & Pat Gregory (middle) |
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| 2006 | Dr. Patrick T. Gregory |
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| 2005 |
Dr. Ronald J. Brooks |
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| 2003 |
Robert R. Johnson |
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| 2002 |
Dr. William (Bill) B. Preston |
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| 2001 |
Dr. Francis Cook |
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Student Presentation Award
An award for the best student presentation and poster is presented at the annual
meeting.
Student Presentation Award Recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the student awards from
this year's AGM.
| Year |
Recipient |
Title |
2007
Presentation |
Jeffrey R. Row |
Genetic diversity and gene flow within and between Eastern Foxsnake (Elaphe
gloydi) populations across Ontario.
Abstract - go to Page 60 |
2007
Poster |
Anita H. Melnyk |
The influence of data partitioning on Bayesian phylogenetic inference of the
Lithobates catesbeianus species group.
Abstract - go to Page 49 |
2006
Presentation |
Julie Lee-Yaw |
Evidence for cryptic lineages and range expansion from northern refugia in the Wood
Frog, Rana sylvatica
Abstract - go to Page 51 |
2006
Poster |
Isabelle Deguise |
Movement patterns of adult western toads, Bufo boreas, in fragmented
landscapes
Abstract - go to Page 30 |
2005
Presentation |
Brennan Caverhill | Linking science and stewardship through public education with
the Nova Scotia Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
Abstract - go to Page 37 |
2005
Poster |
Paula Duarte |
Early exposure to 17±-ethinylestradiol alters sex ratios and gonadal morphology of
developing leopard frogs (Rana pipiens).
Abstract go to Page 48 |
| 2004 |
Constance Browne |
Population declines of freshwater turtles in Point Pelee National Park
Abstract - go to Page 26 |
| 2003 |
Sara Ashpole |
Assessment of pesticide exposure and effect in amphibians using agricultural habitat,
South Okanagan, British Columbia |
| 2002 |
Virginia A. Abbott |
Amphibian distribution in Northwestern Ontario: assessing the role of local habitat and
landscape characteristics
Abstract |
| 2001 |
Sara Ashpole |
The effect of handling stress on deformity rate and hatching success in the Common
Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina, from Algonquin Provincial Park and
Hamilton Harbour, Ontario Canada: do traditional laboratory incubation methods mirror
naturally nesting populations?
Abstract |
| Jean-Francois Desroches |
Characteristics, movements, and health of a Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris
triseriata) population at a breeding pond in southwestern Québec
Abstract |
| 2000 |
Mark Thompson |
Phylogeographic analysis of Ambystoma macrodactylum: post-glacial tracks
and resultant genetic diversity |
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