Harvey K. Nelson, Minnesota Waterfowl Association

Harvey Nelson retired from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1992 after 42 years in a variety of positions ranging from field biologist, research center director, to senior executive positions as Assistant Director of the Fish & Wildlife Service, and Regional Director for the North Central Region, with headquarters at Ft. Snelling, MN. His last position was Executive Director of the North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Office, where he was responsible for organization and implementation of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan during the first five years of the program. Harvey has a B.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Minnesota, a M. S. in Natural Resources Conservation from Michigan State University, and a Doctor of Science Degree awarded by North Dakota State University. He has been an active member of The Wildlife Society and is a Certified Wildlife Biologist. Since retiring, Harvey has continued to lend his expertise to the Trumpeter Swan Society (currenntly serving as Presiedent), the Wood Duck Society, the Deep Portage Conservation Foundation, the Coalition of Minnesota Conservation Organizations, and the Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance. He presently chairs the Predation Avian Recruitment Task Force established by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies under the Berryman Institute at Utah State University, and serves as a special consultant to the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. He has received numerous state, regional, national and international awards and other professional recognition for his accomplishments in the field of fish and wildlife management, especially as realted to wetlands, waterfowl and other migratory birds. The past year he was named Man of the Year for 2000 by Minnesota Outdoor News.