The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced on 20 September 2022 that Tim Shields and his Hardshell team featuring Dr. Bill Boarman, and Ryan Boarman won a Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Competition — “Promoting Nonlethal Human-Wildlife Conflict Management: Creating a No-Fly Zone for Birds” Learn more…
Jackson Wild Media Awards celebrates the film, ECO-HACK! by Speculative Films as 2022’s WINNER in the Ecosystem – Short Form category awarded for most effectively exploring a habitat and the interconnectivity of its unique ecosystem. The independent film features Hardshell’s Tim Shields and cinematically portrays his and his team’s work on tortoise conservation in the Mojave Desert. Learn more…
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Hardshell Labs, Inc won a 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop its Remotely Operated Avian Management System (ROAM) with its current focus on deterring trouble-making birds from igniting pole nest fires on electric utility distribution equipment.