Desert Bighorn Council Award Recipients

Award of Excellence:

1986 Chares L. Douglas, National Park Service

1975 Gale Monson, Arizona-Sonora DesertMuseum

1975 Lowell Sumner, Glenwood, New Mexico

Ram (Bighorn Trophy) Awards:

2015 Don Armentrout, Bureau of Land Management (retired)

2013 Elise Goldstein, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

2013 Eric Rominger, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

2011     Jack Kilpatrick, Texas Parks and Wildlife Division, retired
2011     The Texas Parks & Wildlife Division
2011     The Texas Bighorn Society
2011     The Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep

2009 Mark Jorgensen, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation retired
2009 Esther Rubin, Conservation Biology Institute

2007     Joe Cresto, Bureau of Land Management, retired
2007     Raymond Lee, President, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
2007     Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, Reno Chapter
2007     Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn
2007     The California Dept. of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Investigations Lab
2002     Rick Brigham, Bureau of Land Management

2002 Vern Bleich, California Department of Fish and Game

2000 Raymond Lee, Arizona Game and Fish Department

1999 John Wehausen, White Mountain Research Station

1997 Rob Roy Ramey, University of Colorado, Boulder

1986 Richard Weaver, California Department of Fish and Game

1984 George Welsh, Arizona Game and Fish Department

1983 Charles L. Douglas, National Park Service

1983 David M. Leslie, Jr., Oregon State University

1979 Robert P. McQuivey, Nevada Department of Fish and Game

1978 Fauna-Silvestre, Mexico City, Mexico

1974 The Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Inc.

1969 M. Clair Aldoux, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

1968 Steve James, Jr., Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn

1966 Charles Hansen, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

1965 John P. Russo, Arizona Game and Fish Department

1963 Oscar “Ock” V. Deming, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

1960 Ralph and Florence "Buddy" Welles, National Park Service

Honor Plaques:

2015 Brian Wakeling, Nevada Division of Wildlife

2015 Leon and LaVelle Lesicka, Desert Wildlife Unlimited

2015 Steve de Jesus, Landells Aviation (retired helicopter pilot)

2013 Bill Montoya, New Mexico Game and Fish Commission

2013 Mara Weisenberger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

2013 New Mexico Game and Fish Commission

2013 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

2011     Clay Brewer, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
2011     Mike Pittman, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
2011     Mike Hobson, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

2009 CEMEX (award accepted by Alejandro Espinoza)

2007 William “Bill” E. Clark, California Dept. of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Investigations Lab

2007 CDFG Staff of the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program

1997 Kathy Rollins, Bureau of Land Management

1994 Jerry Wolfe, Colorado Division of Wildlife

1993 Raymond Lee, Arizona Game and Fish Department

1991 The California Dept. of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Investigations Lab

1988 Andrew Sandoval, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

1986 Warren Kelly, U.S. Forest Service

1985 Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

1982 Maurice “Bud” Getty, California State Parks

1982 Desert Bighorn Council Ewes

1981 Dr. Thomas D. Bunch, Department of Animal, Dairy, & Veterinary Science, Utah State University

1981 Dr. Grant Kinzer, New Mexico State University

1981 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

1980 Society for the Conservation of Bighorn sheep

1979 Jim Blaisdell, National Park Service

1973 Lydia Berry, Clerk-Stenographer, Desert National Wildlife Refuge

1972 Inyo National Forest

1969 Pat Hansen, Bighorn Illustrator Specialist

1968 Nevada Operations Office, Atomic Energy Commission

1962 Ralph and Florence "Buddy" Welles, National Park Service