Upper Pine River Fire Protection District has received the certificate for excellence in financial reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada. The award was presented to Mickey Ramsey, the district accountent, for the district’s annual report.

The annual report “has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive ‘spirit of full disclosure’ to clearly communicate its financial story,” as well as encouraging people to read the report, the association said in a press release. The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government finance professionals.

Parks and Wildlife receives fisheries award

The American Fisheries Society has presented the Aquatics Research Section of Colorado Parks and Wildlife with the prestigious Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project award for 2015 for the agency’s work in restoring rainbow trout populations in the state.

The award was given specifically for a research project completed in 2014 by CPW scientists that determined how to breed and maintain stocks of whirling disease resistant rainbow trout in hatcheries and in wild populations. The research was conducted at CPW’s research hatchery in Fort Collins and in rivers across the state. The work was led by Eric Fetherman, aquatic research scientist, and George Schisler, aquatic wildlife research chief. Also contributing significantly to the work was Brad Neuschwanger, research hatchery manger, and Tracy Davis and Chris Praamsma, research hatchery technicians.

The American Fisheries Society is a professional organization with more than 8,000 members worldwide.