Gary Machlis (second from right) receives the Conservation Service Award from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt (second from left). Also present at the awards ceremony in October were Machlis’s colleagues Jean McKendry, Research Scientist with the University of Idaho Cooperative Park Studies Unit and NPS Social Science Program, and Charles Hatch (right), Vice President for Research and Dean of the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho.
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In October, University of Idaho Forestry Professor and NPS Visiting Chief Social Scientist Gary Machlis received the Department of the Interior Conservation Service Award, one of the department’s highest honors granted to private citizens. Machlis was recognized for his major contribution to the department in providing extraordinary leadership as coordinator of the multiagency Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Council. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt presented the award as part of the Department of the Interior’s 60th Honor Awards Convocation. Begun in 1998, the CESU network now includes nine federal agencies and 62 universities and other partners. The citation from Secretary Babbitt reads, “The CESU concept has been called a compelling future model for advancing partnerships between government, academe, and others. Dr. Machlis’ efforts have made this concept tangible, powerful, and effective.” Gary takes pride in the honor, but quickly remarks that “this award was not just for me. It recognized hard work by many creative people—Mike Soukup, Jean McKendry, Mark Shaefer, the CESU Council, and the agency and university individuals that have turned the CESU concept into a powerful tool for 21st-century resource management and science.” He said, “Receiving it at the awards ceremony reminded me that the ‘joys of construction’—building something useful—are some of the best benefits of public service.” |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2000, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2000 (publication D-1459)
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Last Updated: 06/17/2001
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