MADISON, WI – The Evaluation Group (TAG), a devoted coalition of 40 professionals from throughout the US, was honored with the distinguished Particular Recognition Award on the Affiliation of Fish and Wildlife Companies’ (AFWA) 2024 Annual Awards Banquet. Celebrating the excellent contributions of people and organizations to the development of fish and wildlife conservation, the award was offered in Madison, Wisconsin.
TAG was acknowledged for its pivotal function in growing the Nationwide Searching and Capturing Sports activities R3 Practitioner’s Information. The award celebrates TAG’s exceptional efforts in recruiting, retaining, and reactivating (R3) hunters, goal shooters, and different out of doors recreationists, and for his or her instrumental work in establishing finest practices and business requirements for the R3 neighborhood.
“The affect of TAG’s work can’t be overstated,” stated Dr. Steven Leath, the Government Director of the Council. “Their dedication and achievements have considerably superior our shared mission, establishing first-ever business requirements and unifying the R3 neighborhood. This information is the premier useful resource for R3 professionals and a highway map for future R3 initiatives.”
TAG’s nomination highlighted their in depth dedication to the mission of unifying and supporting R3 professionals. Shaped in February 2021, TAG includes representatives from state and federal fish and wildlife businesses, conservation non-profits, and business companions. In collaboration with the Council to Advance Searching and the Capturing Sports activities, and with strategic assist from DJ Case & Associates, TAG has devoted greater than 4,000 hours to advancing the objectives of the 2016 Nationwide Searching and Capturing Sports activities Motion Plan.
Over a two-year interval, TAG engaged over 117 stakeholders, together with R3 professionals and neighborhood members, by way of focus teams, workshops, and discussions to develop a dwelling, web-based Practitioner’s Information. This information, now a cornerstone for the R3 neighborhood, gives finest practices, suggestions, and sources, providing probably the most complete documentation of present R3 methods. It has had a transformative affect, clearly defining what R3 is and unifying efforts below a shared imaginative and prescient. By addressing the core wants of the rising R3 workforce, TAG has laid the muse for nationwide success in recruiting, retaining, and reactivating searching and capturing sports activities lovers.
For extra details about the R3 Practitioner’s Information, go to cahss.org/r3-practitioners-guide.
Members of The Evaluation Group and TAG Assessment Panel Embody:
The Evaluation Group (TAG)
- Taniya Bethke, Council to Advance Searching and the Capturing Sports activities
- Swanny Evans, Council to Advance Searching and the Capturing Sports activities
- Silvana Yaroschuk, Affiliation of Fish and Wildlife Companies
- Jae Ellison, Worldwide Hunter Schooling Affiliation
- Josh Gold, Archery Commerce Affiliation
- Justin Grider, Alabama Division of Conservation and Pure Assets
- Rachel Crume, Kentucky Division of Fish and Wildlife Assets
- Astrid Huseby, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
- Keith Warnke, Midwest Affiliation of Fish and Wildlife Companies
- Megan Wisecup, Iowa Division of Pure Assets
- Micah Holmes, Oklahoma Division of Wildlife Conservation
- Craig Kelling, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Mark Horobetz, Geese Limitless
- Colby Kerber, Pheasants Endlessly Inc.
- Phil Seng, DJ Case & Associates
- Brittany French, Move It On – Out of doors Mentors
- Michael “John” Hubener, USA Clay Goal League
TAG Assessment Panel
- Carlee Koutnik, Artemis
- Chuck Sykes, Alabama Division of Conservation and Pure Assets
- Susan Steffen, Kansas Division of Wildlife and Parks
- Jim Curcuruto, Out of doors Stewards of Conservation Basis, Inc.
- Bruce Wealthy, One Montana: Grasp Hunter Program
- Matt Harlow, DJ Case & Associates
- Caroline Wilson, Brandt Info Companies
- Christopher Kilgour, Shade within the Open air
- Nick Wiley, Geese Limitless
- Joel Brice, Delta Waterfowl Basis
- Mitch Strobl, Gordon-Darby
- Alex Baer, Worldwide Hunter Schooling Affiliation
- Peter Novotny, Ohio Division of Pure Assets
- Thomas Floyd, Nationwide Archery within the Faculties Program
- Mandy Harling, Nationwide Wild Turkey Federation
- Hunter Nikolai, Nebraska Sport and Parks Fee
