Hunter/Bowhunter Education Instructors To Be Honored March 1

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Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors will receive service awards from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks at the annual Region 1 Instructor Workshop to be held Saturday, March 1 at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell.

A total of 36 instructors will receive service awards ranging from 5-year awards to a 20-year award for Polson Bowhunter Education Instructor Jim Nesladek, and 30-year award for Trout Creek Hunter Education Instructor Jim Mershon. All service award recipients receive a plaque; additional awards include: 10 year: engraved knife; 20 year: FWP belt buckle; 30 year: .357 pistol; 40 year: monogrammed jacket; 50 year: Hall of Fame award, scholarship dedication. Several instructors will receive special awards including two "Warden’s Choice" awards and an Outstanding Hunter Behavior Award.

All Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors are volunteers for FWP. They provide safety, ethics, and firearms and archery equipment handling training to young students across Montana. In Region 1 (northwest Montana) more than 300 instructors train more than 2,000 students each year.

Attached is the complete list of service award recipients.

REGION 1 AWARDS: Hunter and Bowhunter Education

2008

30 YEAR HUNTER - PLAQUE & GUN

JAMES MERSHON - SANDERS

20 YEAR BOWHUNTER - PLAQUE & BUCKLE

JIM NESLADEK - LAKE

15 YEAR HUNTER - PLAQUE

MONTY LONG - FLATHEAD

WILLIAM ZIZZ - FLATHEAD

15 YEAR BOWHUNTER - PLAQUE

BEN ROSSETTO - FLATHEAD



10 YEAR HUNTER - PLAQUE & KNIFE

DWYGHT LINDBERG - FLATHEAD

ANDREW BRELAND, JR - FLATHD

R STEVE WHITE - FLATHEAD

BETH DRYDEN - LAKE

KENNETH STROWBRIDGE - LAKE

GEORGE MINTURN - LINCOLN

WES PLUMMER - FLATHEAD

JERRY SHIVELY - SANDERS

EMERY TEGELBERG - LAKE

10 YEAR BOWHUNTER - PLAQUE & KNIFE

WES PLUMMER - FLATHEAD

5 YEAR HUNTER - PLAQUE

DALE JORGENSON - FLATHEAD

JANELL PLUMMER - FLATHEAD

JAREK BERNT - FLATHEAD

MEGAN STROM - LINCOLN

MARVIN BERNT - FLATHEAD

GARY SHOREY - SANDERS

GERMAINE WHITE - LAKE

TATE CAVILL - SANDERS

LEQUITA CAVILL - SANDERS

TONY SHAW - LINCOLN

WALTER WILKINSON - FLATHD

JOHN TEDRICK - FLATHEAD

MARK HORVAT, JR - LINCOLN

MEAGHAN WHITE - FLATHEAD

ANTHONY HAUSER - FLATHEAD

JUDD STROWBRIDGE - LAKE

5 YEAR BOWHUNTER - PLAQUE

DAVID CONRAD - LAKE

RON HAWKINSON - SANDERS

JAMES WILLMAN - LINCOLN

JOSEPH ROCHELEAU - SANDERS

GARY SHOREY - SANDERS