The University of Montevallo President’s Outdoor Scholars Program was recently awarded the Conservation Educator of the Year Award at the 2017 Alabama Wildlife Federation Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet.

Established in 2015, The President’s Outdoor Scholars Program at the University of Montevallo, is unique to Alabama, and focuses on students who are good stewards of our natural resources, while promoting promising careers associated with the outdoors and our natural resources.

The innovative program provides opportunities and encourages students to take part in hands-on hunting, angling, and a wide variety of outdoor activities as part of their education. Through their first-hand interactions, the programs aim to ensure future leaders share the same conservation message.

The President’s Outdoor Scholars Program also allows students to participate in outdoor-related seminars on management, marketing, game and fish laws, as well as the new Game Check system.