Taylor F. Turner, Jr.
Conservation Award
Given in honor of past president Taylor Turner, an avid conservationist. The award may be presented to a club member, non-club member, business or organization whose life work or significant contribution(s) have improved fisheries conservation, water resources or fisheries habitat in either fresh or salt water.
The Fly Fishers of Virginia has always been a conservation oriented organization and in 2002 we decided that as a club we would like to honor individuals or organizations in the state that have made a valuable contribution to the preservation of our fisheries and waterways. Richard Roadcap, then our VP of Conservation, originated the idea of the ‘Taylor F. Turner, Jr. Conservation Award’.
This conservation award is named after former club president and long time member, Taylor F. Turner, Jr. Taylor passed away in 2001 and the board of directors decided that a conservation award would be one way we could honor and
remember Taylor in the years to come. Taylor was an avid outdoorsman in both field and stream. He missed very few of our dinner meetings and was active in fishing trips and other events that the club has sponsored in the past. He
always had a smile and a kind word for everyone that was lucky enough to have met him.