Recognizing Rise to the Future award winners

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON—On May 26, Chief Christiansen and Acting Associate Deputy Chief Tina Terrell, National Forest System, honored the Rise to the Future awards recipients. The annual awards recognize outstanding individual and group achievements by natural resource professionals in the Forest Service, as well as our partners in the fisheries, hydrology, soil and air programs. Chief Christiansen and Tina Terrell presented the awards in a virtual evening ceremony, while Rob Harper, director of Biological and Physical Resources, gave additional remarks.

Award winners:

Group of kids with fishing poles. — Urban American Outdoors has hosted kids fishing derbies across the country, serving inner-city youth of all racial and cultural backgrounds. In 2020, they pivoted to virtual fishing derbies, attracting more than 1,700 young people and their families from 26 states. Photo courtesy Urban American Outdoors.

Fish Your National Forest Award

Urban American Outdoors, SODAS LIFE INC, Candice Price and Wayne Hubbard

Collaborative Aquatic Stewardship Award

Himes Creek Instream Flow Project Team
Forest Service: Andrea Rogers, Kelly Palmer, Kara Chadwick, Bill Janowsky, Polly Hays
Colorado Water Conservation Board: Linda Bassi, Rob Viehl, Brandy Logan
Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Jim White,
Five Rivers Trout Unlimited, Chapter 451: Buck Skillen,
San Juan National Forest

Early Career Professional Excellence Award

Allison R. Williams (Reddington), hydrologist
Cherokee National Forest

Friend of the Fish/Watershed Award

Doug Wise, John Kamb, Miles Barkhurst, Roger Pritchett
Rocky Mountain Regional Office

Line Officer Award

Charles (Chuck) Mark, forest supervisor
Salmon-Challis National Forest

Partnership Award

Truckee River Watershed Council (Lisa Wallace and Beth Christman)
Tahoe National Forest

Professional Excellence—Fish Management Award

Kate Meyer, fisheries biologist
Willamette National Forest

Public Awareness Award

Willamette National Forest Youth Snorkeling Program: Erick Larkin, fish and wildlife biologist, & Kristin Daly, Calapooia Watershed Council
Willamette National Forest

Jim Sedell Research Achievement Award

Dr. Peter Robichaud
Rocky Mountain Research Station

Field Soil Scientist of the Year Award

Tricia Prentice, soil scientist
Business Operations—Enterprise Program

“Wagon Wheel Gap” Hydrology Award

Jim Mineau, hydrologist
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Paul Miller Air Resource Management Award

Trent Wickman
Eastern Regional Office

Lloyd Swift, Sr. Award

Nancy Read Francine
Plumas National Forest

Jack Adams Award

David W. Lockman
Bitterroot National Forest

Learn more about the award winners in the feature story.