Weikel Award Committee

Contact:  Tom Wiggins, Vermont Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
(802) 241-3710

The Paul C. Weikel Memorial Award was established to recognize individuals for their outstanding or distinctive contributions to improved agency management, on a national or international level. This award was established in 1992 in memory of Paul C. Weikel, whose personal history of innovative management and desire to improve fish and wildlife agency performance inspired the creation of this award. Paul Weikel had a great passion for fish and wildlife and a dedication to improving agency management. He was constantly pushing fish and wildlife agencies to be better, to live up to the challenges that were before them, to be the best that they could be. The Weikel Award is OWP's most distinguish award and is one of the highlights of the OWP annual meeting. The criteria used to choose each year's award recipient fall under five categories: innovation, effectiveness, transferability, implementation, and comprehensive-ness.

Primary Tasks:

1. Initiates the nomination process for the Weikel Award in February of each year and ultimately selects the recipient based on supporting information submitted on behalf of each candidate.

2. Maintains award nomination records, selection criteria and procedures, and associated files.

3. Acquires award plaque and coordinates the presentation of the award at the annual Weikel Award Luncheon.

Paul C. Weikel Memorial Nominations - Deadline - December 1, 2008!  Do you know someone in your agency who makes significant contributions towards the improvement of your Fish and Wildlife agency management?  Now is the time to take an opportunity to nominate them for this prestigious award.  The call for nominations request  from Tom Wiggins, Chair for the OWP Weikel Award Committee includes the criteria and submittal information.

View Past Award Recipients