This annual award will be presented at the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, October 13-17, 2000. The Clarence W. Watson Award is the most prestigious award given in the Southeast and is presented to the career individual who, in the opinion of the Award Committee, has made the greatest contribution to wildlife or fish conservation during the previous year or years.
Preference is given to nominees in the Southeast.
The award is a mounted bronze plaque presented jointly by the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, the Southeastern Section of the Wildlife Society, and the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. All Southeastern fish and wildlife conservationists and other interested persons are encouraged to nominate worthy candidates. As much information as possible should be furnished to aid the committee in making the selection. A previously unselected nominee may be resubmitted each year. Last year's recipient was Steve N. Wilson of Arkansas.