 and that's where i've been writing outdoor columns for the local daily paper for the last 25 years and i did meet tom rogers once and wrote about him and he founded the nwtf in 1973 and he actually used to hunt with friends of mine in caroline county i think the recognition's a bit it's while they present annually i'm not sure it's really an annual award or work that's done over the course of one year i think it's a bit of recognition for a body of work over some years