Awards 

Post Graduate

• STAR Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2006.

• Jason Kline, a Masters student of Dr. Bonar, received Best Student Paper at the Desert Fishes Council Conference in Death Valley, California, 2006.

• Jason Kline, a Masters student of Dr. Bonar, received Best Student Paper at the Arizona/Nevada Academy of Science Annual Meeting, 2006.

• The Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit received the Cooperative Research Unit Excellence in Cooperator Support Award for excellence in furthering the mission of the Cooperative Research Units Program, 2006.

• STAR Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2003.

• STAR Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2001.

• David Ward, a Masters student of Dr. Bonar, received Best Student Paper Award at the Arizona/ New Mexico American Fisheries Society Chapter Meeting.

• STAR Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2000.

• Five and ten-year service awards from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. 1995, 2000.

• Appreciation Award from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Region 5. For service and dedication to the Inland Fisheries Program. 2000.

• Elected by American Fisheries Society to co-author, with four other scientists, a survey protocol for bull trout populations in North America. 1999.

• Washington State Nominee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Federal Aid Media Outreach Project. The project “Relationships between stocked trout density and the occurrence and abundance of amphibians at Washington high mountain lakes” was nominated for national/regional media coverage, 1998.

• Washington State Nominee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Federal Aid Media Outreach Project. The project “Interactions between warmwater fish and native aquatic species in Washington State” was nominated for national/regional media coverage, 1998.

• Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington, Unit Leaders' Outstanding Student Award, 1991. 

Graduate 

• School of Fisheries Egtvedt Trust and in-state tuition, 1984.

• School of Fisheries Geil Scholarship, 1984.

• School of Fisheries Thompson Scholarship, 1985.

• 1st place, Student paper competition at the North Pacific International Chapter Meeting of American Fisheries Society. March 25-27, 1985.

• 3rd place, Student paper competition at the Aquatic Plant Management Society Meeting. July 21-24, 1985.

• School of Fisheries Thompson Scholarship, 1987.

• School of Fisheries Geil Scholarship, 1988.

• School of Fisheries Cobb Scholarship, 1989.

• 1st place, Student paper competition at the North Pacific International Chapter Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. March 7-8, 1989.