TXSER Restoration Awards
2016
2016 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award, Livingston, TX
Suzanne Tuttle, Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Fort Worth, Texas
Recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award
Tuttle received this award for her long career of restoring the plant and wildlife populations of North Texas and beyond, implementing projects in prairies, wetlands, riparian gallery forests, and Cross-Timbers oak woodlands. She has interacted with, and educated, 1000s of people from Master Naturalists, to Refuge visitors, to students conducting research on refuge property. Tuttle was a founding member of TXSER and continues to provide guidance and support to the current Board.
L-R – Kelly Lyons, TXSER Board VP; Michelle Villafranca, TXSER Board North TX Representative; award recipient, Suzanne Tuttle, Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge.
2016 Student Awards, Livingston, Texas
Best Graduate Student Presentation Award
Olivia Kost, Texas Tech University, Department of Natural Resources Management, Lubbock
Avian Community Response to Brush Management Efforts on the Welder Wildlife Refuge
(L-R) – Olivia Kost, Texas Tech University with Angela England, City of Austin
Best Undergraduate Student Presentation Award
Lela Culpepper, Texas A&M University, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, College Station
Variation in Pollinator Abundance & Behavior During the Flowering Season of a Federally Threatened Thistle ‘Cirsium pitcheri’ (Pitcher’s Thistle): Implications for a Warming Future
Lela Culpepper, TAMU, College Station
Best Graduate Student Poster Award
Savannah Bryson, C. Eric Johnson & Abigail Kropf, St. Edward’s University, Dept. of Environmental Management & Sustainability, Austin
An Assessment of Mechanical Removal Methods of Privet (Ligustrum japonicum & Ligustrum sinense) at Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
(L-R) – Savannah Bryson, C. Eric Johnson & Abigail Kropf, St. Edward’s University and Brad Hoge, TXSER Board, North Coastal Representative
Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award
Samantha Sauceda, Texas A&M University, Department of Biology, San Antonio
Preliminary Study to Assess the Growth of Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) with Soil Inoculum when Grown Together with Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylan)
(L-R) – Samantha Sauceda, TAMU, San Antonio with Charlotte Reemts, TXSER Board President
2015
2015 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award, San Antonio, TX
Jayne Neal, Wendy Leonard and Gail Gallegos, City of San Antonio Natural Areas Team, San Antonio, Texas
Recipients of the 2015 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award
Neal, Leonard and Gallegos received the award for their exemplary and lasting contributions to maintaining, restoring, and improving San Antonio’s natural areas, key to the recharge of the Edwards Aquifer. Together, with a dedicated staff and thousands of volunteers, Neal, Leonard and Gallegos conserved and restored plant and wildlife populations and provided public recreation and education.
Award Recipients in the center (L-R) Jayne Neal, Wendy Leonard & Gail Gallegos. On either side are Kelly Lyons, TXSER Board VP (left) and Charlotte Reemts, TXSER Board President (right).
2015 Intercollegiate Plant Identification Award
1st Place Intercollegiate Team Competition Winners – Texas A&M University, San Antonio – Sarah Galvan & Dean Weimer
2nd Place Intercollegiate Team Competition Winners – Trinity University – Austin Phillippe & Amy Adams
1st Place Student Individual Competition – Sarah Galvan, Texas A&M University, San Antonio
1st Place Professional Competition – Sarah Galvan, Texas A&M University, San Antonio
Plant Competition Winners (L-R) – Dean Weimer, Sarah Galvan, Eric Grahmann – TXSER Board Member in Center, Austin Phillippe & Amy Adams.
2015 Student Awards, San Antonio, Texas
Best Graduate Student Presentation Award – A Tie!!
Buford Lessley, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville
Assessing Ecosystem health in Restoring and Unrestored Resacas of the Lower Rio Grande
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Adam Toomey, Casear Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Kingsville
Season of Prescribed Burning on Kleberg Bluestem (Dichanthium annulatum) in South Texas
2014
2014 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award – TXSER & SER-SW Conference, Alpine, TX
Dr. Bonnie Warnock, Associate Professor of Range Science & Department Chair, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas
Recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Ecological Restoration Award
Warnock received the award for her extensive work on restoring degraded rangelands in the State of Texas and for educating and inspiring the next generation or rangeland managers.
Bonnie Warnock receives the 2015 EER Award
2014 TXSER & SER-SW Conference Student Awards, Alpine Texas
Best Graduate Student Presentation
Leah McIntosh, University of Texas, Brownsville
Indicators of Ecosystem Development in Resaca Restoration Based on the Macroinvertebrate Community
Leah McIntosh
Best Graduate Student Poster
Melody Sain, University of Texas, Tyler
Testing Whether Ecological Differentiation Supports the Taxonomy of Three Hibiscus Species in Northeast Texas
Melody Sain
Best Undergraduate Student Presentation
Kristen Schultz & Amy Adams, Trinity University, San Antonio
Modeling the Competitive Dynamics Between Native and Invasive Grasses Under Varying Light Conditions
Kristen Schultz & Amy Adams
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Austin Philippe & Elizabeth Van Horn, Trinity University, San Antonio
Assessment of Cedar (Juniperus ashei) Removal on Native Grassland Re-Establishment in the Texas Hill Country
Elizabeth Van Horn & Austin Phillippe
2013
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award – TXSER/TRA Joint Conference, Junction, TX
Bill Neiman, Native American Seed, Junction, Texas
Recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award
Neiman, an environmental landscaper and founder and owner of Native American Seed, is the principal supplier of native wildflower and grass seeds in Texas. He is also a founding member of TXSER. Neiman received the award for his lifetime achievements in restoring degraded landscapes of Texas.
(L-R) Charlotte Reemts, Bill Nieman and Georgianne Moore
2013 TXSER/TRA Joint Conference Student Awards, Junction, Texas
Best Graduate Student Presentation
Shannon Jones, Texas Christian University, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment
Hydrologic Response of Hillslope Seeps and Headwater Streams of the Fort Worth Prairie
Shanon Jones, TCU
Best Graduate Student Poster
Deseri Nally, Texas A&M University, Ecosystem Science and Management Department
Insect Herbivory Effects on the Federally Endangered Navasota Ladies’-Tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
Deseri Nally with Charlotte Reemts
Dereri Nally, TAMU with Charlotte Reemts, TXSER Board President
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Cade Bradshaw and Elizabeth Van Horn, Trinity University, Department of Biology
Assessing Ashe’s Juniper (Juniperus ashei) Mode of Removal on Grassland Species Composition in the Texas Hill Country
Bradshaw and Van Horn, Trinity University
2012
2012 TXSER Annual Conference Student Awards
Best Graduate Presentation
David Toledo, Texas A&M University, College Station
Using Prescribed Fire to Restore Texas Rangelands
Best Undergraduate Presentation
Claire Afflerbach, Trinity University, San Antonio
The Influence of Myccorhizal Fungi and Nitrogen Addition on Competition Between a Native and Invasive Perennial Grass Species