[TN-Bird] J.B. Owen Award for Welfare and Conservation of Birds in Tennessee

J.B. OWEN MEMORIAL AWARD
for
Welfare and Conservation of Birds in Tennessee
 
The J.B. Owen Memorial Endowment honors the memory of J.B. Owen, longtime 
Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS) member who was widely known through his 
popular columns in Knoxville newspapers. The Endowment provides funds for 
the annual J.B. Owen Award, with expected value of $250 to $500 per year.
 
The J.B. Owen Award is open to anyone with a project that promotes the welfare 
and conservation of birds in Tennessee.  Applicants are encouraged to submit: 
 
·         Cover letter with short project description and applicant contact 
information
·         Resume
·         Project proposal, of up to three pages, showing  topic of the 
project,  problem to be addressed, objectives, expected results and 
significance, deliverables (for example, written report, journal article, 
presentation),  project location, and project schedule.
 
Each year, applications are due by May 1 and should be sent by e-mail to 
jjadmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or mailed to Jean Alexander, 3908 Riverview Drive, 
Maryville, Tennessee 37804.  The J.B. Owen Endowment Committee of the Knoxville 
Chapter of TOS will evaluate applications and will typically announce the Award 
winner the following September. 
 
Previous Owen Award winners were:
 
2002: Foothills Land Conservancy of Maryville, Tennessee, for the Conservancy?s 
work in the acquisition of wetlands - for the welfare and conservation of 
cranes and other birds - in the area between the Yuchi and Hiwassee Island 
Refuges;
 
2003:  Jennifer Powers, of East Tennessee State University, for support of 
graduate research on the reproductive success and natal dispersal of American 
Kestrels;
 
2004:  Samuel deMent of Greenwood, SC, David Vogt of Chattanooga, and Keith 
Hobson of Saskatoon, SK Canada for support of the project on Stable-isotope 
feather analysis and foreign band encounter comparisons of wintering American 
Kestrels in similar habitats west and east of the Southern Appalachians.
 
·      2005:  Ijams Nature Center of Knoxville, Tennessee, for support of 
educational outreach programs.   
 
2006:  Jim Giocomo of Knoxville, for support of  his project on Northern 
Saw-whet Owl Monitoring in Knox County, Tennessee; and  Mark Armstrong of 
Knoxville, for support of The MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity Station) at 
Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge.  
 
The winning 2005 proposal is shown below as a guide for applicants. 


EXAMPLE PROPOSAL
FOR THE J.B. OWEN AWARD
 
To the J.B. Owen Memorial Fund Endowment Committee:

Currently Ijams Nature Center instructs approximately 50,000 school students 
annually while doing curriculum-based, grade-specific classes that augment the 
classroom instruction of the teachers. Approximately 60 percent of the above 
numbers are outreach programs where an Ijams? educator goes to area schools in 
Knox and all of the surrounding counties.

Many of the outreach programs include a live non-releasable education animal: 
amphibian, reptile or bird. We know from experience that nothing focuses a 
student?s attention and creates a lasting memory like seeing a live bird of 
prey. 

In addition, Ijams educators, including myself, routinely speak to adult groups 
about local birds, their habitat requirements and conservation status. 
Currently we only have transportation boxes for our small birds: two 
screech-owls and a kestrel. 

Ijams Nature Center would like to apply for a $500 grant to purchase two large 
transportation cases for our barred owl and red-tailed hawk. This would allow 
us to take these birds off-site to visit schools and other groups. 

The American Eagle Foundation in Pigeon Forge has recommended a local craftsman 
who custom builds boxes to fit specific birds. The cases are lightweight, made 
from aluminum and ABS plastic. They have a barred window that can be closed 
should the birds become nervous; key latches, removable perches for easy 
cleaning and are designed with a low center of gravity to help prevent them 
from tipping over. These cases are very durable and should be in use for years.

Ijams would also be pleased to purchase decals for the cases that would have 
the KTOS logo and the wording, "Funding for this case provided by the J.B. Owen 
Memorial Endowment. The fund is administered by the Knoxville Chapter of the 
Tennessee Ornithological Society for the advancement of conservation and 
educational awareness of the birds of Tennessee."

Thank you for your consideration.

Most sincerely yours, 
Lyn Bales, Ijams Nature Center   
 

Jean Alexander
Maryville, TN (Blount County)
J. B. Owen Endowment Committee
Knoxville Chapter of TOS

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