When Dr. Roel Lopez saw that Dallas Safari Club (DSC) CEO Corey Mason was calling him in late October, he assumed he was behind on one of his many projects.
“I saw the caller ID and assumed I was behind on something I owed to Corey,” Lopez said with a chuckle that we all know.
Instead, Corey was calling to inform Dr. Lopez he had been chosen as this year’s Conservation Trailblazer Award recipient. The Trailblazer Award celebrates the immense contribution of wildlife professionals to the field of game and non-game wildlife conservation, including wildlife and habitat management, applied research and policy.