Tom Cade Conservation Award

The Tom Cade Conservation Award is the Raptor Research Foundation's premiere conservation award. This non-monetary award recognizes an individual who has made significant advances in or exceptional contributions to the conservation of raptors. The award's scope includes all aspects of conservation science and practice pertaining to raptors, including: implementing population restoration programs; advances in captive propagation and reintroduction techniques; identifying conservation biology problems and solutions; raptor biodiversity studies; and studies of rare, threatened, and endangered species. Named after Tom Cade, one of the founders of the Raptor Research Foundation and the driving force behind the reintroduction of the Peregrine Falcon across North America, this award honors his legacy of raptor conservation. This award has no restrictions, but membership in the RRF is encouraged. Nominations open in the spring, and recipients are announced at the annual meeting.