Outstanding Technical Papers

Below are the fisheries and wildlife technical papers selected as outstanding by a panel of judges at each annual conference.

2023

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Aquatic Invertebrate Biomass in Coastal South Carolina Impoundments Managed for Waterfowl
Beau A. Bauer
Richard M. Kaminski, Patrick D. Gerard, Ernie P. Wiggers, J. Drew Lanham

2022

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Effects of Alligatorweed Control in Seasonal Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl
Matthew D. McClanahan
Joshua M. Osborn, Heath M. Hagy, J. Brian Davis, Robert M. Wheat, Matthew J. Gray

2021

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper - Jack Dequine Award
Angler Practices and Preferences for Managing Alligator Gar in Texas
Daniel J. Daugherty, David L. Buckmeier, J. Warren Schlechte, Nathan G. Smith
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Potential Spatial Barriers to Black Bear Dispersal and Population Connectivity in Alabama
Hannah J. Leeper, Todd D. Steury

2020

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper - Jack Dequine Award
Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Effects on Reservoir Water Quality and Fish Community Structure and Resilience
Bryant M. Haley, J. Wesley Neal, Zachary S. Moran
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Participation in Select Nature-based Recreational Activities by Rural Mississippi Youth
Katherine E. Abell, Leslie M. Burger

2019

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
A Tale of Two Timescales: Using Otolith Microchemistry to Improve Our Understanding of Alligator Gar Movement in the Lower Trinity River, Texas
Daniel J. Daugherty
David L. Buckmeier, Kevin L. Pangle, Nathan G. Smith
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Achievement-Oriented Effects on Waterfowl-Hunt Quality at Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas
Michael L. Schummer
Allison M. Smith, Elizabeth St. James, Houston Havens, Kevin M. Hunt, Richard M. Kaminski

2018

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
The Role of Private Ponds in Recruiting the Next Generation of Anglers
Leslie M. Burger
J. Wesley Neal, Robert D. Lusk
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Understanding Deer, Bear, and Forest Trends in the North Georgia Mountains: The Value of Long-term Data
Andrew R. Little
Charlie H. Killmaster, Gino J. D'Angelo, Karl V. Miller, Kristina L. Johannsen

2017

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
An Evaluation of Georgia's Public Mourning Dove Hunting Demand and Opportunity
Gregory D. Balkcom
Bobby T. Bond
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Evaluation of the Commercially Exploited Paddlefish Fishery in the Lower Mississippi River of Arkansas
Jeremy T. Risley
Jeffrey W. Quinn, Ronald L. Johnson

2016

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Characteristics and Conservation of a Trophy Alligator Gar Population in the Middle Trinity River, Texas
David L. Buckmeier
Allyse M. Ferrara, J. Warren Schlechte, Kirk Kirkland, Nathan G. Smith
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Efficacy of Landscape Scale Oak Woodland and Savanna Restoration in the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas
H. Tyler Pittman
David G. Krementz

2015

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Estimating Age and Antler Traits of Photographed Male White-tailed Deer
Jeremy J. Flinn
Bronson K. Strickland, Harry A. Jacobson, Kenneth L. Gee, Phillip D. Jones, Stephen Demaris, Stephen L. Webb
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Population Dynamics of Alligator Gar in Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas: Implications for Management
Greg R. Binion
Daniel J. Daugherty, Kristopher A. Bodine

2014

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Comparison of Diploid and Triploid Largemouth Bass Growth and Maturation in Puerto Rico
J. Wesley Neal
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Structure of Avian Habitat Following Hay and Biofuels Production in Native Warm-season Grass Stands in the Mid-South
Jessie L. Birckhead
Craig A. Harper, David McIntosh, Elizabeth D. Holcomb, Gary E. Bates, John C. Waller, Patrick D. Keyser

2012

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
A Population Assessment and Minimum Length Limit Evaluation for White Bass in the Arkansas River, Arkansas
Brandon W. Baker, Steve E. Lochmann
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Social and Cultural Aspects of Paddlefish Anglers at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Mark Morgan, Robert Pierce, II, Sterling Hayden

2011

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Effects of Row Spacing and Debris Distribution on Vegetative Communities in Newly Established Loblolly-pine Plantations in Louisiana
Darren A. Miller, Joshua L. Grace, Michael J. Chamberlain, Philip C. Stouffer
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Fishery Viability of a Wild Brown Trout Population in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia
Christopher R. Martin, Patrick M. O'Rouke
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Seasonal Space Use and Habitat Selection of Female Wild Turkeys in a Louisiana Bottomland Forest
Frederick G. Kimmel, Michael E. Byrne, Michael J. Chamberlain

2010

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Communicating to Recruit the Best New Biologists: A Survey for SEAFWA
Craig A. Miller, Emily J. Saunders, Robert J. Warren
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Habitat Use of Suwannee Bass and Largemouth Bass in the Withlacoochee River, Florida
Eric J. Nagid, Richard A. Kiltie, Travis Tuten, Will A. Strong

2009

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Comparison of Methods for Estimating Key Largo Woodrat Abundance
Chris Winchester, Michael T. Mengak, Steven B. Castleberry
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Size, Growth, and Condition of Flathead Catfish in Sutton Lake, North Carolina: Implications for Managing an Introduced Species in Thermally-Influenced Reservoirs
Keith W. Ashley, Robert D. Barwick, Robert T. Rachels

2008

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Comparison of Single-cod and Dual-cod Trap Nets for Sampling Crappie in Texas Reservoirs
Aaron Jubar, C. Craig Bonds, J. Warren Schlechte, Mandy K. Scott, Mark Howell, Richard A. Ott, Jr.
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Is Spring Wild Turkey Gobbler Harvest Additive or Compensatory?
David C. Guynn, Jr., James R. Davis, John C. Kilgo, William F. Moore

2007

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Genetic Marker-assisted Restoration of the Presumptive Native Walleye Fishery in the New River, Virginia and West Virginia
Brian R. Murphy, Daniel Dutton, Eric M. Hallerman, George C. Palmer, Joe Williams, Kathy Finne, Mark Scott, Nathan Johnson
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Habitat Associations of Bats in South-central West Virginia
Karl V. Miller, Michael R. Schirmacher, Steven B. Castleberry, W. Mark Ford

2006

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Bird Communities on Conservation Buffers and Mowed Field Edges of Two Agricultural Land Bases in Mississippi
Dale H. Arner, Dave Godwin, Jarrod H. Fogarty, Jeanne C. Jones, Jimmy D. Taylor
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Can Biotelemetry Information Improve Trap-net Catch Rates of Adult White Crappie?
C. Craig Bonds, J. Warren Schlechte

2005

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Demographics of Northern Bobwhite on Agricultural and Intensively-managed Bobwhite Plantation Landscapes
D. Clay Sisson, Daymond W. Highes, H. Lee Stribling, Theron M. Terhune
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Potential Effects of Double-crested Cormorants on Largemouth Bass in Lake Chicot, Arkansas
Amy S. Fenech, Andrew A. Radomski, Christopher L. Racey, Steve E. Lochmann

2004

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Raccoon Abundance and Rio Grande Wild Turkey Production in Central Texas
Markus J. Peterson, Nova J. Silvy, T. Wayne Schwertner
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Response of Southern Redbelly Dace to Clove Oil and MS-222: Effects of Anesthetic Concentration and Water Temperature
Hayden T. Mattingly, Jason E. Detar

2003

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Brood-count Power Estimates of Rio Grande Turkey Production in Texas
Fred E. Smeins, Markus J. Peterson, Nova J. Silvy, T. Wayne Schwertner
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Ecological Changes Following an Alewife Introduction in an Oligotrophic Reservoir: A Case History
J. Michael Swing, John U. Crutchfield, Jr., Thomas E. Thompson
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Using a Terrain-based Vegetation Model to Map Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel Distribution
Christopher McGrath, Steven Patch

2002

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Estimating Population Size of Maryland's Black Bears Using Hair Snaring and DNA Analysis
Steven L. Bittner, Tim L. King, William F. Harvey
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Small Mammal Response to Coarse Woody Debris in the Central Appalachians
James T. Anderson, Joseph D. Osbourne
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Stocking Size and Population Dynamics of Channel Catfish in Virginia Impoundments
John S. Odenkirk

2001

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Migratory Canada Goose Population Affiliation and Interchange Among Four National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee and Alabama
Daniel L. Combs, Don H. Orr, E. Frank Bowers, Kenneth L. Morgan
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Surveying Nocturnal Bird Communities of the Southeast with Silent and Playback Methods
Douglas R. Wood, Francisco J. Vilella, James W. Armacost, Jr., L. Wes Burger, Jr.
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Walleye Movement, Distribution, and Habitat Use in Laurel River Lake, Kentucky
John D. Williams

2000

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Field Identification Accuracy for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
J. Warren Schlechte, Kevin W. Storey, LoraineT. Fries
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Movements and Survival of Bachman's Sparrows in Response to Prescribed Summer Burns in South Carolina
Bradford D. Seaman, David G. Krementz
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Relationship of Mast, Ovarian Activity, Recruitment and Deer Condition in Northeast Georgia
David M. Carlock, Kent E. Kammermeyer

1999

Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Demographics of the Gulf Coast Subpopulation of Mid-continent Sandhill Cranes
Bart. M. Ballard, James D. Ray, Jay A. Roberson, Jonathan E. Thompson, M. Todd Merendino, Thomas C. Tacha
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Intensive Stocking of Striped Bass to Restructure a Gizzard Shad Population in a Eutrophic Texas Reservoir
Charles R. Munger, Harold L. Schramm, Jr., Joseph E. Kraai
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Predicting Landscape Quality for Northern Bobwhite from Classified Landsat Imagery
Garrett L. Schairer, Michael L. Fies, Randolph H. Wynne, Scott D. Klopfer

1998

Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Habitat-area Relationships of Shrub-scrub Birds in South Carolina
David C. Guynn, Jr, J. Drew Lanham
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Movement of Triploid Grass Carp Among Small Hydropower Impoundments of the Guadalupe River, Texas
Earl W. Chilton II, John A. Prentice, Michael S. Reed, Wilfred J. Dean, Jr
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Northern Bobwhite Survival and Cause-specific Mortality on an Intensively Managed Plantation in Georgia
D. Clay Sisson, Dan W. Speake, H. Lee Stribling, L. Wes Burger, Jr.

1996

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Electrofishing Catch of Largemouth Bass: Spatiotemporal Variation and Relation to Angler Catch
Robert K. Betsill
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Estimating Sighting Proportions of American Alligators During Night-light and Aerial Helicopter Surveys
Allan R. Woodward, K. G. Rice, S. B. Linda
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Statistical Power in Analyses of Population Trend Data
D. E. Runde, David T. Cobb, G. L. Sprandel

1995

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Growth and Spawning Characteristics of Southern Riverine and Northern Strain Walleyes in Texas
B. R. Murphy, David R. Terre, W. C. Provine
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Mortality of Wild Turkey Poults In Coastal Plain Pine Forests
D. C. Sisson, D. W. Speake, Jason C. Peoples
Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Winter Birds in a Developing Pine Plantation
J. H. Williamson, James G. Dickson, R. N. Connor

1994

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Bluegill Populations Associated with Water Lily, Water Shield and Pondweed Stands: Management Implications
D. C. Jackson, James J. Duffy
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Temporal Patterns in Cause-specific Mortality of Northern Bobwhite in Northern Missouri
E. W. Kurzejeski, Loren W. Burger, Jr., M. R. Ryan, T. V. Dailey

1993

Non-game Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Distribution and Conservation of the Santa Rosa Beach Mouse
Jeffery A. Gore, T. L. Schaefer
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
First Year Assessment of Delayed Harvest Trout Regulations
J. H. Mickey, Jr., James C. Borawa, M. S. Davis
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Habitat Characteristics of Bobcat Core Use Areas in Mississippi
B. D. Leopold, L. Mike Conner

1992

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Effects of a 356-mm Statewide Minimum Length Limit on Abundance of Adult Largemouth Bass in Texas
David R. Terre, R. W. Zerr
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Effects of Scale on Predictive Power of Two Bald Eagle Habitat Models
David A. Buehler, J. D. Fraser, J. K. D. Seegar

1991

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Fell-and-burn Regeneration in the North Georgia Piedmont: Effects on Wildlife Habitat and Small Mammals
David C. Guynn, Jr., Thomas A. Waldrop, Timothy L. Evans
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Hooking Mortality of Channel Catfish Caught by Trotline
Kevin W. Storey, Richard A. Ott, Jr.
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Survival Rates of Radio-equipped Wild Turkey Gobblers in East-central Mississippi
George A. Hurst, K. David Godwin, Randall L. Kelley
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Telemetry Accuracy and a Model for Predicting Telemetry Error
Bret D. Wallingford, Richard A. Lancia

1990

Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Breeding Bird Community Changes in a Bald Cypress-tupelo Wetland Following Timber Harvesting
Laura J. Mitchell, R. A. Lancia
Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Relationship of Planktivory by Shad and Diet Shifts by Young-of-year Largemouth Bass in a Southern Reservoir
J. A. Rice, J. M. Phillips, James R. Jackson, R. L. Noble

1989

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Introgression of Florida Largemouth Bass Introduced into Northern Largemouth Bass Populations in Oklahoma Reservoirs
Eugene R. Gilliland, J. Whitaker
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Response of Forest Birds to an Improvement Cut in Kentucky
G. A. McPeek, G. E.Jacoby, P. L. Groetsch, William C. Mccomb

1988

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Gear and Seasonal Biases Associated with Sampling Crappie in Oklahoma
G. Ploskey, Jeff Boxrucker
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Oak Decline Alters Habitat in Southern Upland Forests
D. A. Starkey, J. M. Dabney, Steven W. Oak

1987

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Profiles of Shenandoah River Anglers Fishing under Three Black Bass Length Limit Regulations
B. D. Chipman, J. W. Kauffman, Louis A. Helfrich
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Use of Scent-station Methodology to Assess Raccoon Abundance
M. L. Kennedy, Paul L. Leberg

1986

Fisheries Outstanding Technical Paper
Effectiveness of an Electrofishing System for Collecting Flathead Catfish
Stephen P. Quinn
Wildlife Outstanding Technical Paper
Survival and Recovery Rates of Canada Geese from Maryland and North Carolina 1963-1974
D. C. Luszcz, L. J. Hindman, R. A. Malecki, Robert E. Trost