William A. Niering Outstanding Educator Award

To recognize the central role that education plays in achieving the objectives of our society, the Federation's Governing Board established an award named for a leader in estuarine education, Dr. William A. Niering. The Award is for an individual who has played a particularly important role in education at any level -- from primary school to the graduate level, inside or out of the classroom, or in the education of the general public through outreach activities.

Previous William A. Niering Award recipients:

2001    Joy Zedler, University of Wisconsin

2003    John Day, Louisiana State University

2005    Ivan Valiela, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole

2007    Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Institute of Ecology A.C., Mexico

2009    Scott Warren, Connecticut College

2011    Linda Walters, University of Central Florida

2013    Paul Montagna, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi