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Distinguished Service Awards<br />

Maurice Hornocker<br />

Wilbur Wiles<br />

Two pioneers in cougar research were presented<br />

with achievement awards at <strong>the</strong> 9th <strong>Mountain</strong><br />

<strong>Lion</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong> in Sun Valley Idaho, May 5-8th<br />

2008.<br />

Dr. Maurice Hornocker was presented with a<br />

Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

cougar research community, including <strong>Mountain</strong><br />

<strong>Lion</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong> participants, Hornocker Institute<br />

employees, <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Idaho Taylor Ranch<br />

Field Station, <strong>the</strong> Idaho Department <strong>of</strong> Fish &<br />

Game, <strong>the</strong> DeVlieg Foundation, and several <strong>of</strong><br />

Hornocker’s University <strong>of</strong> Idaho graduate students.<br />

Dr. Hornocker served as leader <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Idaho<br />

Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit for 17<br />

years. He also founded two research institutes:<br />

<strong>the</strong> Hornocker Wildlife Institute and <strong>the</strong> Selway<br />

Institute. Dr. Hornocker’s research findings<br />

were instrumental in transferring <strong>the</strong> status <strong>of</strong><br />

mountain lions in Idaho from bounty animal to a<br />

respected big game species. Dr. Hornocker<br />

conducted <strong>the</strong> first major mountain lion research<br />

project, stating in 1968 in Big Creek, Idaho.<br />

Dr. Hornocker credits a great deal <strong>of</strong> his research<br />

success to his houndsman and research assistant,<br />

Wilbur Wiles. Wiles worked with Hornocker and<br />

graduate students from 1964 through 1973.<br />

Although Wiles was unable to attend <strong>the</strong><br />

workshop, he was acknowledged during <strong>the</strong><br />

workshop banquet and later given <strong>the</strong> Idaho<br />

Conservation Award in a small ceremony at his<br />

home in Big Creek, Idaho on July 15 th , 2008.<br />

<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Ninth</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lion</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong><br />

(L-R): Kerry Murphy, Gary Koehler, Jim Akenson,<br />

Holly Akenson, Mike Tewes, Toni Ruth, Maurice<br />

Hornocker, Howard Quigley, and Steve Nadeau<br />

(IDFG) at <strong>the</strong> 9 th <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lion</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong>, Sun<br />

Valley, May 7 th , 2008.<br />

(L-R): Toni Ruth, Leslie Hornocker, Maurice<br />

Hornocker, Wilbur Wiles, Jim Akenson, Holly<br />

Akenson. Presented to Wilbur Wiles at Big Creek<br />

on July 15 th , 2008.<br />

Hornocker and Wiles received unique cougar<br />

prints by artist Tom Mansanarez to<br />

commemorate <strong>the</strong>ir contributions to our understanding <strong>of</strong> mountain lion ecology.

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