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Awards (since 2008)<\/h2>\n

US Fish and Wildlife Service – <\/strong>for collaboration with the Stepping Up to Leadership Team to honor Dr. Shigeru Nakano as a USFWS Conservation Hero.\u00a0 July 2018.<\/p>\n

Leopold Conservation Award<\/strong>\u00a0– for outstanding contributions to fisheries and land ecology.\u00a0 Fly Fishers International.\u00a0 August 2017.<\/p>\n

Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Adult Literature<\/strong> \u2013 the book For the Love of Rivers: a Scientist\u2019s Journey <\/em>was chosen from among more than 50 entries as the 2016 winner of this award,\u00a0presented at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute of Northland College in Ashland, WI in October 2016<\/p>\n

American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence \u2013 <\/strong>this award, the highest honor given by the American Fisheries Society, was presented at the Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO in August 2016<\/p>\n

Best Informational Paper Award<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Colorado-Wyoming American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Laramie, WY. March 2016<\/p>\n

ISI Highly Cited Researcher<\/strong> (Thomson Reuters) \u2013 Plant and Animal Science Category \u2013 among the top 250 most highly cited researchers worldwide in this category – May 2010<\/p>\n

Award of Excellence –\u00a0<\/strong>Lifetime achievement award from the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Salt Lake City, UT.\u00a0 April 2010.<\/p>\n

Outstanding Alumnus\u00a0<\/strong>– College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. March 2010.<\/p>\n

Award of Excellence –\u00a0<\/strong>Lifetime achievement award from the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Laramie, WY.\u00a0 March 2010.<\/p>\n

Distinguished Alumnus\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0inducted into the Academy of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN. October 2009.<\/p>\n

International Fisheries Science Prize<\/strong> \u2013 World Council of Fisheries Societies, Inaugural Prize \u2013 World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan. October 2008.<\/p>\n

Rise to the Future National Award for Research Achievement, U.S. Forest Service\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 award to Peterson, Fausch, Rieman, Dunham,\u00a0and Young for developing analytical tools for management of native salmonids threatened by nonnative salmonid invasions (see Fausch et al. 2006 USFS GTR and Peterson et al. 2008 CJFAS). September 2008.<\/p>\n

Presentations (2016-2025)<\/h2>\n

Below are invited presentations to scientific and public audiences on our research, and themes from the two books<\/p>\n

A reverence for rivers: imagining an ethic for running waters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  • Colorado State University – Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Fort Collins, CO \u2013 October 2024<\/li>\n
  • Invited presentation in the Hydrology and Aquatic Resource Conservation interagency webinar series, organized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service \u2013 April 2025<\/li>\n
  • Fort Collins Public Library, hosted by Old Firehouse Books \u2013 April 2025<\/li>\n
  • Invited plenary presentation to the Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Westminister, CO \u2013 May 2025<\/li>\n
  • Michigan State University – Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, MI \u2013 October 2025<\/li>\n
  • Oregon State University – Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Stream Team seminar series, Corvallis, OR \u2013 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    For the love of rivers: a scientist\u2019s journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Pennsylvania State University – Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, University Park, PA \u2013 April 2016<\/li>\n
    • Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education (CACTE) Collaborative Summit, Steamboat Springs, CO \u2013 July 2016<\/li>\n
    • Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College, Ashland, WI (on the occasion of receiving\u00a0the 2016 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award) \u2013 October 2016<\/li>\n
    • St. Croix River Association, Marine on St. Croix, MN \u2013 October 2016<\/li>\n
    • Roundout Neversink Anglers Symposium (3rd<\/sup> annual), Claryville, NY \u2013 October 2016<\/li>\n
    • Oregon Water Watch Banquet and Auction, Portland, OR \u2013 November 2016<\/li>\n
    • University of Nevada\u2013Reno – Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences (GPHS) and the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EECB) Graduate Program, Reno, NV \u2013 December 2016<\/li>\n
    • Fort Collins Audubon Society, Fort Collins, CO \u2013 February 2017<\/li>\n
    • Western Division American Fisheries Society\u00a0annual meeting banquet –\u00a0Missoula, MT \u2013 May 2017<\/li>\n
    • Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail, CO \u2013 August 2017<\/li>\n
    • Fly Fisher’s International (upon receiving the Leopold Conservation Award), Livingston, MT – August 2017<\/li>\n
    • Honor’s Program Freshmen Welcome Seminar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – August 2017 (book was selected as the summer read for all entering Honor’s Program freshmen)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Michigan Technological University – Great Lakes Research Center, Houghton, MI \u2013 September 2017<\/li>\n
    • Rocky Mountain Flycasters chapter of Trout Unlimited, Fort Collins, CO – March 2018<\/li>\n
    • Society for Freshwater Science, Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI – May 2018<\/li>\n
    • Foothills Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO – September 2018 and March 2019<\/li>\n
    • Invited Annual James Karr Lecture in Aquatic Biology, University of Illinois and Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL – April 2019<\/li>\n
    • Adams Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Traverse City, MI – May 2019<\/li>\n
    • Friends of the Mt. Evans and Lost Creek Wilderness, Evergreen, CO – December 2019<\/li>\n
    • World Fisheries Congress, Invited plenary presentation, Adelaide, Australia – September 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What is essential about rivers for fish, and humans?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n