Bush Honors Fish and Wildlife's Jones.

• Author: Pilkington, Steve
• Position: Applause

Marshall Jones, deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has been selected by President Bush as a recipient of a Presidential Rank Award, a prize awarded annually to a select number of career senior executives to recognize exceptional long-term accomplishments. After administrations changed in January 2001, Jones led the 8,000-employee Fish and Wildlife Service for more than a year while Steve Williams of Kansas was awaiting confirmation as the agency's new director.

As acting director, Jones moved quickly to promote anew relationship between the states and the service, instituting biweekly meetings throughout the year with state leaders to discuss issues of mutual concern, and...