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The Fly Fishers of Virginia Taylor F. Turner, Jr. Conservation Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The FFV has always been a conservation oriented organization and in 2002 we decided that as a club we would like to honor individuals or organizations in the state that have made a valuable contribution to the preservation of our fisheries and waterways. Richard Roadcap, then our VP of Conservation, originated the idea of the ‘Taylor F. Turner, Jr. Conservation Award’.<\/p>\n

This new conservation award is named after former club president and long time member, Taylor F. Turner Jr.\u00a0 Taylor passed away several years ago and the board of directors decided that a conservation award would be one way we could honor and remember Taylor in the years to come. Taylor was an avid outdoorsman in both field and stream. He missed very few of our dinner meetings and was active in fishing trips and other events that the club has sponsored in the past. He always had a smile and a kind word for everyone that was lucky enough to have met him.<\/p>\n

Recipients of the Taylor F. Turner, Jr. Conservation Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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FFV members Bill Pearsall and Steve Lewis were awarded the ‘Taylor Turner Award’ for the many years they have supported and coordinated the Virginia Chapter\u00a0of the ‘Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock’ (BOJC).<\/p>\n

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FFV conservation vice president Jay Armstrong awarded Matt Balazik\u00a0the \u2018Taylor Turner Conservation Award\u2019 for his work with Sturgeons.<\/p>\n

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2012<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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The James River Association<\/a> was given the Taylor Turner conservation award.<\/p>\n

Bill Street, Executive Director, accepted the award on behalf of the Association.<\/p>\n

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2011<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry Benson (CCA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2010<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. David Jones<\/b><\/p>\n

The 2010 Recipient of the Taylor Turner Conservation Award was Dr. David Jones.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jones is a proponent and sponsor of the ‘Trout in the Classroom<\/a>‘ initiative.<\/p>\n

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2009<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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2008<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Turner<\/b><\/p>\n

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2007<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jon Lucy<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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The FFV presented the Taylor Turner Conservation Award to Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory Specialist Jon Lucy for \u201cconservation of natural resources and improvement of sport fishing opportunities in Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Lucy<\/a> is fisheries scientist with <\/b>the ‘Virginia Institute of Marine Science’ (VIMS)<\/a> .<\/b><\/p>\n

2006<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Dan Downey<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Dan Downey was the FFV’s 2006 Taylor Turner Award winner<\/b><\/p>\n

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Dr. Downey\u2019s research is primarily in the area of environmental analytical chemistry. He is also interested in the analytical use of radioactive materials and in chemical separations. For more than ten years, he and his students have worked on acid deposition (acid rain) projects. The most important projects have involved mitigating acidity in streams and lakes to protect and enhance fisheries and other aquatic life. An example of this type work may be found in the recent project of liming the streams in the St. Mary\u2019s Wilderness<\/a> in Augusta County, Virginia . Projects have also been done on the impacts of gypsy moth defoliation on stream water chemistry, the fate and analysis of herbicides and pesticides, aquatic water chemistry habitat information for amphibians and threatened and enlarged species and other environmentally oriented projects. With his students who have worked on these projects, these research studies have been described in 67 papers presented at regional and national conferences and 50 publications in various journals. (Text from the JUM.edu web site)<\/i><\/p>\n

2005<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Gunter<\/b><\/p>\n

VDGIF biologist, Tom Gunter awarded the 2005 Taylor Turner award.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some facts about Tom’s career and background:<\/p>\n