DGS staff member Scott Andres was given the Friend of the Bays Partner Award on December 13th in recognition of his years of service to the Center for Inland Bays (https://www.inlandbays.org/). Active in Center activities since its inception in 1995, Scott served as chairperson of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC), a standing committee of the Center, and on the Center’s Board of Directors between 2012 and 2019. In those roles he organized and presided over quarterly meetings of the STAC and led STAC work to contribute to and review many Center planning documents and scientific reports and proposals. Scott’s work for the Center relied heavily on the support of the DGS.