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Kennedy students were able to participate in a 25 year study led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region.
This year's research team was composed of two scholars from Mississippi State University—Riley Porter, graduate student, and George Williams, undergraduate student.
Read more at https://www.army.mil/article/259604
Download the 2020-2021 Kennedy Chair Annual Report.
A new paper is out from our research describing an uncommon bee in Mississippi. It is the first record of a specimen from this species displaying morphological characteristics of both males and females. And perhaps most unique about this finding is that the bee was found using sunflowers (mid-June 2016) planted for dove or other hunting the following fall.
Awards
2016
Joe Marty
Recipient of the Helm Student Travel Award, 7th North American Duck Symposium, 2016
2016
Joe Marty
2nd Place, Doctoral Poster Award, 7th North American Duck Symposium, 2016
2015
Justyn Foth
Awarded the TAGGS Award November 2015-Febraruy 2016. A travel grant to attend the North American Duck Symposium in Annapolis, MD.
2015
Joe Marty
Recipient of the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Foundation Scholarship, 2015
2014
Joe Marty
James C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation
2013
MSU waterfowl and wetlands program
The MSU waterfowl and wetlands program received a national award, The Blue-winged Teal Award, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the group's decades of applied research and other contributions to waterfowl and wetlands in North America.
2013
Amy Alford
Kennedy Chair doctoral fellowship for academic year 2013-2014
2013
Amy Alford
First Place Award, Student Oral Presentation for Alford, A. B. 2013. Crayfish harvesting: Alternative opportunities for landowners practicing moist-soil management. Mississippi Water Resources and Research Institution conference, Jackson, MS.
2013
Justyn Foth
Thomas A. Plein Foundation Scholarship in the College of Forest Resources
2013
Justyn Foth
Best poster award for Foth, J.R., F.J. Vilella, R.M. Kaminski. 2013. Shore- and waterbird use of wetlands and aquaculture ponds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Gulf Coast regions. Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Jackson, Mississippi.
2013
Rick Kaminski
Clarence W. Watson Award for distinguished contributions in ecology and management of waterfowl and wetlands in North America. Presented by the from the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society, and Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.
2013
Alan Leach
Second Place Award, Best Doctoral Student Poster Presentation, 6th North American Duck Symposium for Leach, A. G., J. N. Straub, R. M. Kaminski, A. W. Ezell, T. S. Hawkins, and T. D. Leininger. 2013. Greentree reservoir management and red oak acorn yield in Mississippi.
2013
Joe Marty
Scholarship, Wisconsin Waterfowl Hunters' Association
2013
Kira Newcomb
Second Place Award, Best Master's Student Oral Presentation, 6th North American Duck Symposium for Newcomb, K. C., J. B. Davis, M. J. Gray, and R. M. Kaminski. 2013. Winter survival and habitat use of female American black ducks in western Tennessee.
2013
Thomas Peterson
First-Place Student Poster, 60th Annual Southern Hardwood Forest Research Group Meeting for Peterson, T. G., J. B. Davis, R. M. Kaminski, J. A. Martin, and M. S. Whittington. 2013. Wintering waterfowl use of Delta National Forest, Mississippi.
2012
James Feaga
Second-Place Student Poster, Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society for Feaga, J. S., F. Vilella, B. Davis, and R. M. Kaminski. 2012. Winter waterbird use and food resources of aquaculture facilities in Mississippi. Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Ocean Springs, MS, USA.
2012
Justyn Foth
James C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation
2012
Justyn Foth
Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Foundation Scholarship
2012
Justyn Foth
Third-Place Student Poster, Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society for Foth, J.R. and F.J.Vilella. 2012. Shorebird use of wetlands and aquaculture ponds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Gulf Coast region. Annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Ocean Springs Mississippi.
2012
Justyn Foth
Thomas A. Plein Foundation Scholarship in the College of Forest Resources
2012
Richard M. Kaminski
Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Peer-reviewed Publication Award, 2012 for Pearse, A. T., R. M. Kaminski, K. J. Reinecke, and S. J. Dinsmore. 2012. Local and landscape associations between wintering dabbling ducks and wetland complexes in Mississippi. Wetlands 32:859-869.
2012
Joe Lancaster
James C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation
2012
Joe Lancaster
Best Student Poster, Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society for Lancaster, J. D., J. B. Davis, R. M. Kaminski, A. D. Afton, E. J. Penny. 2012. Survival and habitat use of radio-marked female mallards in the Mississippi Delta. Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Ocean Springs, MS, USA.
2012
Joe Marty
First-place oral presentation winner, Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists/ The Wildlife Society Louisiana Chapter Symposium for Waste rice, moist-soil seed, and waterbird abundance in rice production systems in Louisiana and Texas
2012
Joe Marty
2012 Wisconsin Waterfowl Hunters' Conference Scholarship
2012
Kira Newcomb
James C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation
2011
Kira Newcomb
2nd place, oral presentation winner for "Habitat use and survival of female American black ducks," Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium
2011
Amy Spencer Alford
John E. Skinner Memorial Travel Award to attend and present at the 2011 American Fisheries Society annual meeting.
2011
Amy Spencer Alford
James C. Kennedy Ph.D Student Fellow (1 July 2011-30 June 2012).
2011
Jacob Straub
1st place, oral presentation winner for "Red oak acorn dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi river alluvial valley," Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium
2011
Mitch Weegman
Travel Award, 12th North American Arctic Goose Conference
2010
Justyn Foth
Travel Award, Society of Wetland Scientists South Central Chapter annual meeting
2010
Richard M. Kaminski
Gold Award for Excellence, Southern Region Extension Forestry Organization, for Extension Publication, "Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for the Lower Mississippi River Valley."
2010
Amy Spencer
Best Student Presentation Award. Mississippi Water Resources Conference, Bay St. Louis, MS.
2010
Elizabeth St. James
Best Student Poster Award, 17th Wildlife Society Annual Conference.
2009
Sarah Felming
Ernest A. Gluesing Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Masters level, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University.
2009
Heath Hagy
Travel Award, North American Duck Symposium
2009
Heath Hagy
2nd place, doctoral student poster presentation, North American Duck Symposium
2009
Heath Hagy
David Nabi Memorial Award, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University
2009
Rick Kaminski
Outstanding Technical Publication, "Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for the Lower Mississippi River Valley", Bronson Strickland, Rick Kaminski, Kevin Nelms, and Adam Tullos, authors. Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society.
2009
Richard M. Kaminski
Mississippi Hero of Conservation, Mississippi Ducks Unlimited
2009
Richard M. Kaminski
The Wildlife Society’s Caesar Kleberg Award for Excellence in Applied Wildlife Research
2009
Amy Spencer
Travel Award, American Fisheries Society
2009
Elizabeth St. James
2nd place, master’s student poster presentation, North American Duck Symposium
2009
Jacob Straub
2nd place, doctoral student poster presentation, North American Duck Symposium
2009
Jacob Straub
Travel Award, North American Duck Symposium
2009
Mitchell D. Weegman
Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
2008
Sarah Fleming
Best Student Oral presentation Award, The Wildlife Society, Mississippi Chapter
2008
Heath Hagy
Special Recognition Service Award from The Wildlife Society for the 2008 inaugural Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium
2008
Richard M. Kaminski
Outstanding Peer-reviewed Publication, The Wildlife Society, Mississippi Chapter
2008
Alicia J. Wiseman
Special Recognition Service Award from The Wildlife Society for the 2008 inaugural Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium
2008
Alicia J. Wiseman
Mississippi State University Women’s Club Scholarship
2008
Alicia J. Wiseman
Outstanding Graduate Student Woman, President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Mississippi State University
2008
Alicia J. Wiseman
Ernest A. Gluesing Memorial Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Master’s student
2008
Alicia J. Wiseman
David Nabi Memorial Award, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University