Daniel Parker, of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, received the Native American Fish & Wildlife Societys - Chief Sealth Award at the annual National Native American Fish & Wildlife Society meeting held this year in Pearl River, Mississippi.
The Native American Fish & Wildlife Society awards the prestigious Chief Sealth Award (named after the famous Chief Seattle) annually to a biologist who has had a positive impact on Tribal wildlife and fisheries resources. Parker is a biological technician for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Arizona Fishery Resources Office where he has been employed for more than 30 years. A member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, Parker has worked with his own tribe on natural resource issues as well as more than 20 tribes across Arizona and the Southwest.
Parker received the award in recognition of his dedication to the protection of tribal natural resources. When asked how he feels about receiving this award Parker said "I feel honored to be given this award and want to thank all the people Ive worked with over the years." Parker is an asset to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and has devoted his career to improving natural resources on Tribal lands in the Southwest.
The Native American Fish & Wildlife Society is a non-profit membership organization with more than 224 Tribes represented. The Society exists for the protection, conservation, and enhancement of Native American fish & wildlife resources.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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