2020 EIC Winners

BLOG

CONSERVATION or NATURE

1^st—The Seed Collectors, Kris Millgate (Cool Green Science)

2^nd—Recovery: The Seal and Shark Invasion, Ted Williams (Cool Green Science)

3^rd—How President Herbert Hoover Saved the Koala (Cool Green Science)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION

1^st—A Place to Be Wild, Chris Madson (The Land Ethic)

2^nd—The Real Batmobile, Kris Millgate (Cool Green Science)

3^rd—Her Place In the History of the West, Brett Prettyman (Trout Unlimited)

FISHING

1^st—50 Fish, 50 States: Small Stream Wonders, Matt Miller (Cool Green Science)

2^nd—50 Fish, 50 States: Trout at 11,000 Feet, Matt Miller (Cool Green Science)

3^rd—Desert Carp, Chris Hunt (Trout Unlimited)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

1^st—How to Zero Your Rifle for a Hunt, Jodi Applegate Stemler (Range365.com)

2^nd—Ode to the Olive, Chris Hunt (Trout Unlimited)

3^rd—How to Practice Shooting Your Rifle for a Hunt, Jodi Applegate Stemler (Range365.com)

HUMOR

1^st—No Binoculars Allowed: Learning to Bird by Ear, Justine Hausheer (Cool Green Science)

2^nd—The Weird Sex Lives of Orchids, Justine Hausheer (Cool Green Science)

3^rd—College Boy, Bob Ford (www.beaglebard.com)

HUNTING

1^st—Accessible Hunter Creator Inspires Others to Get Back Into the Woods, Bob Frye (everbodyadventures.com)

2^nd—Time Afield with Bird Dog a Memory Worth Making, Tyler Frantz (Outdoornews.com/Pennsylvania)

3^rd—Think Outside the Box When Calling Coyotes, Bob Frye (everybodyadventures.com)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—How to Use Social Media Without Harming Nature, Justine Hausheer (Cool Green Science)

2^nd—Surprising Fireflies, Kris Millgate (Cool Green Science)

3^rd—One Man’s Quest to See the World’s Mammals, Matt Miller (Cool Green Science)

BOOK

1^st—The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Place That Healed Them, Dean Kuipers

2^nd—Natural Connections 2: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, Emily Stone

3^rd—Training Bird Dogs with Ronnie Smith Kennels, Red Bryant

COLUMN

1^st—Andy Whitcomb, Kayak Angler

2^nd—Paul Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

3^rd—Jeff Williams, Arkansas Wildlife

GRAPHIC/ILLUSTRATION

1^st—A Search for Rainbows, Sam Caldwell (samcaldwell.com)

2^nd—Autumn Wolves, Sam Caldwell (samcaldwell.com)

3^rd—But most of all …, Bruce Cochran (Kansas Parks & Wildlife magazine)

MAGAZINE

CONSERVATION or NATURE

1^st—Cripple Creek, Kris Millgate (Gray’s Sporting Journal)

2^nd—To Protect Pennsylvania’s Hellbender, Teenagers Made It the State Amphibian, Ashley Stimpson (Atlas Obscura)

3^rd—Bird Country, Justine Hausheer (The Nature Conservancy magazine)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION
1^st—Memoirs of a Quehanna Chief, Ben Moyer (Pittsburgh Quarterly)

2^nd—Sharing Hunting’s Adventures, Bill Graham (Missouri Conservationist)

3^rd—Mother of a Hike, Lisa Ballard (Adirondack Life)

FISHING
1^st—The Obsessive Cult of Microfishing Life-Listers, Matt Miller (Field & Stream)

2^nd—My Time In Oz, Kirk Deeter (TROUT)

3^rd—Fly for a Try: A Day on Scotland’s Famed River Tay, Shane Townsend (Hatch Magazine)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

1^st—Keep ‘Em Clean, Mike Zlotnicki (Wildlife In North Carolina)

2^nd—Philosophy of Futbol and Firearms, Matt Soberg (Covey Rise)

3^rd—Diving In – The Women’s Market, Jodi Applegate Stemler (SHOT Business)

HUMOR

1^st—Just a Drop In the Bucket … More or Less, Pat Wray (Game & Fish Publications)

2^nd—Teeth … In All Their Glory, Pat Wray (Game & Fish Publications)

3^rd—Head Games, Andy Whitcomb (Kayak Angler)

HUNTING

1^st—Faced With Chronic Wasting Disease, What’s a Hunting Family To Do?, Christine Peterson (High Country News)

2^nd—Bird Dog, Erin Block (Gray’s Sporting Journal)

3^rd—Hunting Junk, Lisa Ballard (Colorado Outdoors)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—A Race to the Top, Robert Annis (Hidden Compass)

2^nd—Vagabonds in the Adirondacks, Lisa Ballard (Trailer Life)

3^rd—Caving in Barbados, Lisa Ballard (Image)

NEWSPAPER

CONSERVATION or NATURE

1^st—Hunting for Answers in Forest Bird Decline, John Myers (Duluth News Tribune)

2^nd—The Secret Summer Lives of Wolves, John Myers (Duluth News Tribune)

3^rd—Cutthroat Trout Rehab Involves Many Groups, Lew Freedman (Cody Enterprise)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION
1^st—Fishing for Knowledge, Memories at Yellowstone, Emily Stone (Sawyer County Record)

2^nd—Beaver Costume, Emily Stone (Price County Review)

3^rd—Defining Moments, Tyler Frantz (Pottsville Republican Herald)

FISHING
1^st—Fishing, Ice Safety Help Woman Tackle Her Grief, Paul Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

2^nd—Hand-Lining in Belize Is a Link to the Past, Paul Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

3^rd—Stoned on Trout, Mark Freeman (Medford Mail Tribune)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

1^st—Bring It On: Bicyclists Ride in All Weather, Lew Freedman (Cody Enterprise)

2^nd—Sluggish Bass Can’t Resist Suspending Jerk Baits, Brent Frazee (greatamericanwildlife.com)

3^rd—Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think, Louis Dzierzak (Scientific American)

HUMOR

1^st—Bear Tracks in the Sand, Angelo Peluso (New York Outdoor News)

2^nd—Humans and Wild Animals: So Near and Yet So Far, Pat Wray (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

3^rd—Tough Ride on a Bad Road, Pat Wray (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

HUNTING

1^st—Down on the Deer Farm, Chronic Wasting Disease Is a Critical Issue, John Myers (Duluth News Tribune)

2^nd—Golf With Shotguns, Mark Freeman (Medford Mail Tribune)

3^rd—Tradition At This Deer Camp Includes Copper Bullets, Paul Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—Hand-Lining in Belize Is a Link to the Past, Paul Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

2^nd—In the Woods After Dark, Are You Really Alone?, Christine Peterson (Casper Star-Tribune)

3^rd—Look Out for Each Other: Preventing Drownings In a Deceiving Lake, Joseph Dits (South Bend Tribune)

PHOTOGRAPHY

ACTION

1^st—Jumping Tarpon, Brian Grossenbacher (Anglers Journal)

2^nd—Busy Bee, Ken Dunwoody (ABC of Georgia fundraiser auction)

3^rd—Flying Pyrrholuxia, Joe McDonald (Light & Shadow magazine)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION

1^st—Shore Angling Daughter, James Smedly (Northern Ontario Travel)

2^nd—Skeetshare, Jeff Moore (NWTF Three Rivers Chapter)

3^rd—Family Adventure on American Creek, Alaska, Brian Grossenbacher (Crystal Creek Lodge website)

FAUNA

1^st—Three On a Rock, Keith Crowley (Hawke Optics)

2^nd—Falls Bear, Keith Crowley (Hawke Optics)

3^rd—Humpbacks Feeding, Art Weber (The Mirror Newspapers)

FLORA

1^st—Forest Raindrops, Ken Dunwoody (ABC of Georgia fundraiser auction)

2^nd—Liquid Aurora, Colleen Miniuk (Private client sale)

3^rd—Cedar Grove Ferns and Moving Water, James Smedley (Northern Ontario Travel)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—Canoe Tripping, James Smedley (Algoma Country Guide-2019)

2^nd—Canoe Country Radiance II, Dawn LaPointe (Piragis Northwoods Company)

3^rd—Canoe Country Golden Radiance, Dawn LaPointe (Boundary Waters/Quetico 2019 Calendar)

PEOPLE

1^st—St. Louis, Arkansas, Jeff Moore (Filson Hunting Catalog/Internet)

2^nd—High Cotton Shootout, Brian Grossenbacher (Gray’s Sporting Journal)

3^rd—Spring Serenity, Dawn LaPointe (Duluth Pack)

SCENIC

1^st—Sands Aligning, Colleen Miniuk (On Landscape: Landscape Photography magazine)

2^nd—Deliciousness on Lake Mead, Colleen Miniuk (American Rivers)

3^rd—Lake Superior Steam Devils, Dawn LaPointe (Duluth Pack)

PHOTO ESSAY

1^st—High Cotton, Brian Grossenbacher (Gray’s Sporting Journal)

2^nd—In the Highlands, Earl Harper and Charles Shmukler (Hatch Magazine)

3^rd—The Water’s Warm, Art Weber (The Mirror Newspapers)

RADIO/PODCAST

CONSERVATION or NATURE

1^st—Is There Gold in Them Thar Hills?, Monica Gokey (Outlandish)

2^nd—Shane Mahoney and the Wild Harvest Initiative, Drew YoungeDyke (National Wildlife Federation Outdoors)

3^rd—The Quest for 100K, John Kruse (Northwestern Outdoors Radio)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION
No contest – insufficient entries

FISHING
1^st—Fly Fishing: A Journey of Persistence, Monica Gokey (Outlandish)

2^nd—Mike Iaconelli on Tournament Fishing, Dan Small (Outdoors Radio-WRJC)

3^rd—Max Wilson: Tournament Walleye Angler, Jeff Kelm (Outdoors Radio-WRJC)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

1^st—Duckworth Wool, John Kruse (Northwestern Outdoors Radio)

2^nd—New Developments in Hunting Blinds, Jeff Kelm (Outdoors Radio-WRJC)

3^rd—RipaLip University App, Dan Small (Outdoors Radio-WRJC)

HUNTING

1^st—Montana Hunter: Investigators Recount November Grizzly Bear Attack, Nicky Ouellet (Montana Public Radio, KUFM)

2^nd—An Elk Hunting Story, John Kruse (Northwestern Outdoors Radio)

3^rd—Increasing Racial Diversity in the Outdoors w/Eric Morris, Drew YoungeDyke (National Wildlife Outdoors)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—The Great American Rail Trail, John Kruse (Northwestern Outdoors Radio)

2^nd—Winter Clamming Digs Up Many Rewards, Nelson Sigelman (Cape and Islands NPR, WCAI)

3^rd—Kayaking Baha California, Jonathan Small (Outdoors Radio-WRJC)

TV/VIDEO/WEBCAST

CONSERVATION or NATURE

1^st—Bear 56, Ron Schara (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

2^nd—2019 Lone Star Land Steward: Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, Karen Loke (Texas Parks & Wildlife YouTube and PBS)

3^rd—A Nation’s River, Joshua Duplechian (Trout Unlimited online channels)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION
1^st—Deliciously Fun Family Fishing!, David Majure (Arizona Game & Fish YouTube)

2^nd—Kid Scientists at Mesquite Wildlife Oasis, David Majure (Arizona Game & Fish YouTube)

3^rd—Devils Lake Kiddos, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

FISHING
1^st—Zach Knuckey, Kyle Heidenreich (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

2^nd—Brady’s First Guide Trip, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

3^rd—Fishing with the Saints, Peter Hermann-Franzen (Due North Outdoors)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

1^st—Toboggan Maker, Kelly Jo McDonnell (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

2^nd—World Champion Decoy Carver, Peter Hermann-Franzen (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

3^rd—Nelson & Pade Aquaponics, Jeff Kelm (PBS-Milwaukee)

HUNTING

1^st—7 Lives Ike, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

2^nd—The Flush: Southeast Montana Slam, Eric Parker Anderson (The Outdoor Channel)

3^rd—A Mentored Hunt, Karen Loke (Texas Parks & Wildlife YouTube and PBS)

OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

1^st—The Shug, Pete Hermann-Franzen (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

2^nd—Camp Confidence, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound, KARE-TV)

3^rd—Destination Polaris: Hawaii, Eric Parker Anderson (FOX Sports)