Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Ken Mayer will be awarded the Pope & Young Club's Lee Gladfelter Memorial Award, which recognizes a wildlife professional who has made significant contributions to bowhunting and wildlife conservation.

Mayer was presented the national award Friday, at the Pope & Young Club's Annual Awards banquet in Denver. Mayer, 56, is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and lifelong hunter with a passion for archery and bowhunting. Mayer's contributions to bowhunting and wildlife conservation have been noteworthy throughout his professional career, including:

* Selected as 1999 Professional of the Year by the Western Section of The Wildlife Society;

* Selected California Bowman Hunters Professional of the Year, 2002;

* The California Department of Fish and Game representative on the National American Archery Council, Professional Wildlife Management Advisory Committee (1990-2001);

* An invited guest speaker: Missouri Department of Conservation Manager's Meeting Archery Hunting and Animal Rights Activism (1992);

* A member of The Wildlife Society Technical Review Committee - The Use of Bowhunting in Wildlife Management (1994-1996);

* Co-editor, Proceedings of the National Bowhunting Conference, St. Louis, Mo., 2001;

* Served as a speaker and general session chairman, at the First National Bowhunting Conference in St. Louis Mo., 2001;

The Pope & Young Club is a nonprofit scientific organization that advocates and encourages responsible bowhunting by promoting quality, fair chase, and sound conservation practices.

It is recognized as the official repository for records on bow-harvested North American big game animals. Together with the Boone & Crockett Club, the Pope & Young Club maintains the universally-accepted scoring system and sets the standards for measuring and scoring North American big game taken with bow and arrow.