Posted February 27, 2017 10:16 am by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Rhodes Awarded for Work in Conservation
Rhodes Awarded for Work in Conservation
National Wild Turkey Federation
National Wild Turkey Federation

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-(Ammoland.com)- Gib Rhodes has a passion for introducing youth to hunting and conservation of the wild turkey, thereby preserving our hunting heritage. For his dedication to the National Wild Turkey Federation’s mission, Rhodes earned a national award.

Rhodes, a retired elementary school teacher from Madison, Kansas received one of five Roger M. Latham Sportsman Wild Turkey Service Awards at the 41st annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville.

“I’m humbled by this honor,” Rhodes said. “I’m so lucky to have such a great chapter to help with all the events we do each year.”

Roger M. Latham Sportsman Wild Turkey Service Awards are given to NWTF members who are not employed as professional wildlife managers, but have made significant contributions to wild turkey conservation.

The NWTF determined this year’s award winners based on how their work strengthens the Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative. Rhodes has given enormous amounts of time and energy to organize award-winning JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) and Women in the Outdoors events and guide his chapter to national …Read the Rest

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