Nominations not accepted; the recipient will be determined based on data collected from National TU.

Edward Urbas Award for Best PA Chapter

This award is given to the chapter that best exemplifies the work of TU, including involvement in conservation efforts, community activities, outreach, youth activities, etc.

Best Chapter Project

This award recognizes an exceptional initiative, project, or effort on the part of a TU chapter which demonstrates efficient use of resources, and which utilizes effective partnerships with other organizations such as government agencies, other non-profits, schools, and which had a notable impact on the community and/or environment.

Best Small Chapter Award

The same criteria used in the Edward Urbas Award will be applied to this award, but it is limited to chapters with 150 or fewer members.

Dr. Jack Beck Award for Outstanding Youth Outreach

This award recognizes an individual who has shown exceptional leadership and commitment to youth outreach, programs, and activities.

Ken Sink Award for Outstanding Contribution to PATU’s Conservation Mission

This award is given to a person who contributes to PATU’s mission in a notable way. It is intended to recognize a person who has been involved for a significant period of time and who has demonstrated steadfast dedication to coldwater conservation, protection, restoration, as well as volunteerism and leadership. It is not necessarily presented every year.

Inky Moore Award for Outstanding Service to State Council/

This award recognizes a person who through his or her recent efforts shows promise as a future leader of the organization.

Samuel Slaymaker Award for Best Chapter Newsletter

If your newsletter includes information about your chapter’s activities that is current, well-presented and clear, and is visually attractive, your chapter may very well win this award. Send nominations with a few copies of the newsletter, to Brad Isles at PO Box 23, Grove City, PA 16127. A digital copy can also be sent to Brad at [email protected]

Doc Fritchey Award for Outstanding Coldwater Conservationist/TU Member

This award recognizes a TU member with a history of exemplifying PATU’s core values and mission — conserving, protecting, and restoring PA’s coldwater fisheries and watersheds — and who demonstrates a commitment to volunteerism.

Outstanding Coldwater Conservationist/Professional

This award recognizes an individual, either from a governmental agency, private enterprise, or non-profit organization, who has made an exceptional effort to help fulfill the TU mission of conserving, protecting, restoring, and sustaining PA’s coldwater fisheries and watersheds.

Outstanding Volunteer

This award recognizes a person who, while not necessarily a member of TU or a conservationist professional, was particularly helpful and who contributed time and effort to supporting a TU chapter or project. Their efforts on either a single project or on an ongoing basis can be considered and described in the nomination.

Diversity Award

This award recognizes a chapter that shows diversity among the members in the chapter. It is important that chapters ensure that youth, women, and men take an active part in TU chapters. This ensures that TU chapters can carry on and it allows experienced chapter members to cultivate knowledge to new members. But it is also important that all members bring a voice to the chapter to ensure forward momentum.

Best Chapter Website Award

Is your Chapter’s website particularly attractive, clear, up-to-date and easy to navigate? If so, send nominations to Brad Isles at [email protected].

Submission Criteria

Provide a description for any events held by the chapter:

• Veterans, Youth and/or Women Events
• Chapter youth and/or female leader

Provide the number of:

• Active male chapter members
• Active female and/or youth member

For a member to be considered active, they must attend at least three chapter meetings per year or participate in at least one chapter event per year.