A Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial Stopover Award was presented to Bill Mueller, Director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, “for Exceptional Contributions to the Conservation of Migratory Birds in the Great Lakes: at October’s “State of the Stopover Symposium,” which worked on establishing a regional migratory bird stopover conservation framework. Bill is a member of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative Steering Committee and co-chairs its Issues Committee.