Dear All: At Friday night’s awards the Western Bison Association presented Kathleen with a special appreciation award for her work on the behalf of the Western Bison Association and the buffalo industry in general. Kathleen, virtually unassisted, produced and shepherded the “Petitition to Delist Woods Bison” from the Endangered Species list. The petition was submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife and will be acted upon in the next year. Her hard work ensured that our panel on the pros and cons of “free roaming” bison was a success. As an organization we have more research to do. Only one of the invited wildlife conservation groups we contacted bothered to send a representative. But what we heard was not encouraging for the bison industry. While Michael had been aware of Kathleen’s award, the announcement that we had both received the WBA Founder’s Award completely blindsided us. This is the highest honor confered by the WBA. We send our heart-felt thanks and appreciation to the membership of the Western Bison Association. We are honored and humbled.