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Image of the 20th NAWMP Pin Safeguarding Our Waterfowl Heritage
1986 – 2006

Photos: Meredith Gutowski, USFWS.

David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, pays tribute to the Plan's 20-year history and partners.
David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, pays tribute to the Plan’s 20-year history and partners.		 The three country flags and Safeguarding Our Waterfowl Heritage banner with the Plan's three-language logo visually celebrate the Plan's continental partnership.
The three country flags and “Safeguarding Our Waterfowl Heritage” banner with the Plan’s three-language logo visually celebrate the Plan’s continental partnership.
L-R: Ken Sambor, NAWMP Coordinator for North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Staff Member; Sam Lawry, Intermountain West Joint Venture Coordinator; and Jasper Lament, Manager of Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and NAWCC Staff Member.
L-R: Ken Sambor, NAWMP Coordinator for North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Staff Member; Sam Lawry, Intermountain West Joint Venture Coordinator; and Jasper Lament, Manager of Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and NAWCC Staff Member.		 L-R: Brad Bortner, USFWS-Region 1 (Pacific) Chief of Migratory Birds and Habitat Programs Division; Charles Baxter, Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Coordinator; and Mitch King, USFWS-Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie) Director.
L-R: Brad Bortner, USFWS-Region 1 (Pacific) Chief of Migratory Birds and Habitat Programs Division; Charles Baxter Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Coordinator; and Mitch King, USFWS-Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie) Director.
Steve Barry, Wetland Habitat Coordinator, Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Steve Barry, Wetland Habitat Coordinator, Ohio Department of Natural Resources.		 L-R (facing): Paul Schmidt, USFWS Assistant Director for Migratory Birds and U.S. Plan Committee Member, and Seth Mott, Chief of Science and Planning Branch, USFWS-Division of Bird Habitat Conservation.
L-R(facing): Paul Schmidt, USFWS Assistant Director for Migratory Birds and U.S. Plan Committee Member, and Seth Mott, Chief of Science and Planning Branch, USFWS-Division of Bird Habitat Conservation.
Harvey Nelson, the first U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair and Executive Director of the USFWS's North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Office (now the Division of Bird Habitat Conservation).
Harvey Nelson, the first U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair and Executive Director of the USFWS’s North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Office (now the Division of Bird Habitat Conservation).		 A sheet cake displaying the Plan logo sweetens the celebration.
A sheet cake displaying the Plan logo sweetens the celebration.
L-R: Paul Schmidt, USFWS Assistant Director for Migratory Birds and U.S. Plan Committee Member; David A. Smith, Chief of the USFWS's Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Coordinator; and John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and NAWCC Vice-chair.
L-R: Paul Schmidt, USFWS Assistant Director for Migratory Birds and U.S. Plan Committee Member; David A. Smith, Chief of the USFWS’s Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Coordinator; and John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and NAWCC Vice-chair.		 Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council Chair.
Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council Chair.
L-R: Eduardo Carrera, Director of Ducks Unlimited de Mexico and Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Xicotencatl Vega, Director of Conservation in Sinaloa, Pronatura Noroeste-Mar de Cortes.
L-R: Eduardo Carrera, Director of Ducks Unlimited de México and Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Xicotencatl “Xico” Vega, Director of Conservation in Sinaloa, Pronatura Noroeste-Mar de Cortes.		 L-R: David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair use teamwork to prepare for cake-cutting.
L-R: David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair use teamwork to prepare for cake-cutting.
L-R: Paul Schmidt, U.S. Plan Committee Member, David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair cut the first piece.
L-R: Paul Schmidt, U.S. Plan Committee Member, David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member, and Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair cut the first piece.		 The Plan anniversary cake, a-glow.
The Plan anniversary cake, a-glow.
(At podium): Steve Wendt, Canadian Wildlife Service's Chief of Migratory Birds Conservation and Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair, reflects on the Plan's 20th Anniversary.
(At podium): Steve Wendt, Canadian Wildlife Service’s Chief of Migratory Birds Conservation and Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair, reflects on the Plan’s 20th Anniversary.		 Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department, is presented with the Plan Committee's prestigious International Canvasback Award by David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair.
Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department, is presented with the Plan Committee’s prestigious International Canvasback Award by David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair.
Glen Salmon, Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Director of Fish and Wildlife, accepts the Plan Committee's National Great Blue Heron Award on the Department's behalf from David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair.
Glen Salmon, Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Director of Fish and Wildlife, accepts the Plan Committee’s National Great Blue Heron Award on the Department’s behalf from David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair.		 Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department, speaks on behalf of partner Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation Drainage District, which received the Plan Committee's National Great Blue Heron Award.
Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department, speaks on behalf of partner Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation Drainage District, which received the Plan Committee’s National Great Blue Heron Award.
On behalf of Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Director of Fish and Wildlife Glen Salmon thanks the Plan Committee for honoring the Department with the National Great Blue Heron Award.
On behalf of Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Director of Fish and Wildlife Glen Salmon thanks the Plan Committee for honoring the Department with the National Great Blue Heron Award.		 Seth Mott, former Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Assistant Coordinator, congratulates Carol Lively, former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator, while David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, brings the evening to a close.
Seth Mott, former Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Assistant Coordinator, congratulates Carol Lively, former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator, while David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair, brings the evening to a close.
L-R: Joint venture coordinators Sam Lawry (Intermountain West), Carey Smith (Pacific Coast), and Charles Baxter(Lower Mississippi River) gather to honor one of their colleagues.
L-R: Joint venture coordinators Sam Lawry (Intermountain West), Carey Smith (Pacific Coast), and Charles Baxter(Lower Mississippi River) gather to honor one of their colleagues.		 Carol Lively, former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator now at U.S. Forest Service, expresses her gratitude at receiving a token of appreciation from her joint venture coordinator colleagues and also reflects on the Plan's 20th anniversary.
Carol Lively, former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator now at U.S. Forest Service, expresses her gratitude at receiving a token of appreciation from her joint venture coordinator colleagues and also reflects on the Plan’s 20th anniversary.
Past and present joint venture coordinators in attendance include Seth Mott (former Assistant, Lower Mississippi Valley), Carol Lively (at podium, formerly Prairie Pothole), Charles Baxter (Lower Mississippi River), Carey Smith (Pacific Coast), Sam Lawry (Intermountain West), Dave Paullin (formerly, Central Valley Joint Venture), and Mitch King (formerly, Prairie Pothole).
Past and present joint venture coordinators in attendance include Seth Mott (former Assistant, Lower Mississippi Valley), Carol Lively (at podium, formerly Prairie Pothole), Charles Baxter (Lower Mississippi River), Carey Smith (Pacific Coast), Sam Lawry (Intermountain West), Dave Paullin (formerly, Central Valley Joint Venture), and Mitch King (formerly, Prairie Pothole).		 David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair, presents former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator Carol Lively with an engraved wooden carving on behalf of joint venture coordinators past and present in honor of her many years of service.
David A. Smith, U.S. Co-chair, presents former Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Coordinator Carol Lively with an engraved wooden carving on behalf of joint venture coordinators past and present in honor of her many years of service.
L-R: Rollie Sparrowe, Wildlife Management Institute President Emeritus, and Ken Williams, USGS-Cooperative Research Units Chief.
L-R: Rollie Sparrowe, Wildlife Management Institute President Emeritus, and Ken Williams, USGS-Cooperative Research Units Chief.		 L-R: Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair; Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and International Canvasback Award recipient; David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair; and Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member.
L-R: Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair; Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and International Canvasback Award recipient; David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair; and Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member.
L-R: Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair; Glen Salmon, Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Director of Fish and Wildlife and acceptor of the Department's National Great Blue Heron Award; David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair; and Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member.
L-R: Steve Wendt, Canadian Plan Committee Co-chair; Glen Salmon, Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Director of Fish and Wildlife and acceptor of the Department’s National Great Blue Heron Award; David A. Smith, U.S. Plan Committee Co-chair; and Eduardo Carrera, Mexican Plan Committee Member.		 L-R: Ken Sambor, NAWMP Coordinator for North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Staff Member, and John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and NAWCC Vice-chair.
L-R: Ken Sambor, NAWMP Coordinator for North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Staff Member, and John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and NAWCC Vice-chair.
L-R: John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Vice-chair; Beth Williams; Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and NAWCC Chair; and Steve Williams, President of Wildlife Management Institute.
L-R: John Cooper, retiring Secretary of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and North American Wetlands Conservation Council (NAWCC) Vice-chair; Beth Williams; Duane Shroufe, Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department and NAWCC Chair; and Steve Williams, President of Wildlife Management Institute.		   
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