Annual SWPBA Awards


Members can be nominated for one of two awards given out each year. Both awards are sponsored by the EPA Region 4 Ecological Assessment Branch in Athens, GA. The SWPBA Executive Committee reviews the nominations and selects the recipients.

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes the long-term achievements and contributions of a member biologist (state, tribal or federal) to the science of water pollution biology.

Biologist of the Year Award

This award recognizes the innovative work of a front line Region 4 State biologist.