December 2015
Mr. Anthony (Tony) Amos, Director of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) has been awarded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Recovery Champion Award for the Southwest Region, presented December 9, 2015, in Corpus Christi, TX. The award is “given annually to a non-service employee who has aided in the recovery of threatened and endangered species.”
Tony Amos has been a major contributor to the knowledge base regarding migrating and overwintering listed shorebirds including piping plovers and red knots. His contributions are not limited to birds however, as he has also been a major partner to the Service and NOAA Fisheries with recovery work related to endangered and threatened sea turtles.
