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TO: PARMLY BILLINGS LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM: LLOYD MICKELSON RE: HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE REPORT MEETING DATE: JULY 10, 2008 At its 6-25 meeting, the HPBA Committee selected Gary Ferguson as the 2008 Emeritus Award Winner. A former interpretive naturalist for the U.S. Forest Service, Ferguson is the author of Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone, Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of the Yellowstone, The Sylvan Path, Walking Down the Wild and many other works. His books have been recognized with the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book of the Year, the Montana Book of the Year, and the Lowell Thomas Award. The Award Banquet will be held Friday, October 17, 2008, at Montana State University-Billings in the Ballroom of the Student Union Building, and planning for the banquet is well underway.