R. Terry Bowyer receives 2025 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award

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R. Terry Bowyer

Aug. 20, 2025

R. Terry Bowyer, professor emeritus with the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology and Wildlife, has been awarded the 2025 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award by The Wildlife Society. This is the society鈥檚 highest honor, recognizing distinguished service to wildlife conservation.

Bowyer served at UAF from 1986 to 2004, making significant contributions to wildlife ecology research, mentoring numerous students, and advancing the understanding and conservation of large mammals. He is also a professor emeritus at Idaho State University and remains a long-standing affiliate faculty member with IAB and BW.

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