IAN/ICEC Awards Program
Know of a person, program, or organization that hasn't received the
recognition they deserve for their conservation and environmental education
efforts? Now is your chance to rectify that! Nominations are being
accepted for the Iowa Association of Naturalists and the Iowa Conservation
Education Council's 2003 Conservation and Environmental Education Excellence
Awards Program.
The Awards Programs serves many functions. It recognizes those efforts to
promote conservation and environmental education, rewards those involved,
and publicizes and expands awareness of the excellent programs happening
across the state. It's also useful in gaining local support and recognition
as well as self-promotion.
Award categories are:
Aldo Leopold EE Award: for lifetime achievement in EE excellence and
leadership
Bohumil Shimek Environmental Educator Award: for outstanding efforts by an
environmental educator
Chris Holt Youth EE Award: for an outstanding EE program for youth or by
youth
"Ding" Darling EE Award: for outstanding EE program or event which informs
and educates the general public
Sylvan Runkel EE School Award: for outstanding whole-school EE program
Outstanding County Conservation Board EE Program (pop. < 35,000 or pop. >
35,000): for excellence in EE programming by a county conservation board
Frederic Leopold EE Award: for outstanding EE efforts by business,
industry, or labor
Ada Hayden Conservation Education Award: for outstanding efforts to educate
about preservation, land management, or natural resource conservation
Check on the web for examples of past winning nominations:
http://www.ianpage.20m.com/2002%20winners.html
Submission deadline is December 1, 2003. Award forms should not exceed
three pages. Self-nomination is permissible.
To receive a nomination form, contact:
Pamela Holz
IAN/ICEC Awards Committee
WCCB
2943 Hwy. 92
Ainsworth, IA 52201
319/657-2400
E-mail:
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IAN/ICEC Awards Committee
Posted - 09/16/2003 : 1:23:40 PM 
