The third annual Heroes of Conservation Awards Gala was held this past Thursday at the American Museum of Natural History. And after paying homage to Benjamin Pearce, a Boy Scout from Warwick, N.Y., a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation chapter from Rawlins, Wyo., and all seven Heroes finalists, Hod Kosman of Scottsbluff, Neb. was named the 2008 Conservation Hero of the Year. Each of the finalists received a $5,000 grant courtesy of our friends at Toyota, and Hod drove away in a new Toyota Tundra.