Dr.
William F. Porter will be presented the 2019 Dr. Elizabeth W. Thorndike Adirondack Achievement Award at
the 26th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks, May 22 and 23, 2019
at the Lake Placid Conference Center.
Bill is the inaugural Boone and Crockett
Club Professor of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife at Michigan State University. A graduate of the University of Northern
Iowa, Porter earned his PhD in ecology and behavioral biology from the
University of Minnesota. Bill focuses
his research on game-changing issues in conservation now reshaping wildlife
conservation: land-use change affecting habitats, emerging diseases in
wildlife, shifting patterns in weather and climate, and changing conservation
policy. His efforts are helping policy makers of Michigan and the nation
enhance conservation wildlife resources.
Prior to his work at Michigan State, Bill distinguished
himself for 32 years at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in
Syracuse as both a professor and the administrator of the 15,000-acre
Huntington Wildlife Forest research facility in Newcomb, NY. His innovative and ground-breaking research has
had a major impact on the field of wildlife management — in particular the
state Department of Environmental Conservation’s policies and activities in
regard to deer, wild turkey and moose.
The Dr. Elizabeth W. Thorndike Adirondack Achievement Award is given annually to an individual who
has demonstrated significant contributions to the long-term sustainability of
the Adirondack Park through scholarship, research, and policy initiatives. Past awardees include Nina Schoch, wildlife veterinarian and biologist; Ray Curran, Adirondack ecologist; Eileen
Allen, SUNY Plattsburgh; Barbara Bedford, Cornell University; Joe Martens, former
Commissioner, NYS DEC; Myron Mitchell, SUNY ESF; Jerry Jenkins, Wildlife
Conservation Society; Dudley Raynal, SUNY ESF; and, Barbara McMartin,
Adirondack author.
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