[Watersheds] FW: Call for Nominations -- RI Blueways Stewardship Award

[Panciera, Ernie (DEM)]

Call for Nominations -- 2020 Blueways Stewardship Award

To be awarded at the Land & Water Conservation Summit
March 7, 2020
at the
URI Memorial Union

Call for Nominations

The RI Blueways Alliance seeks nominations for the "Blueways Stewardship
Award".  This award is for an individual who exemplifies dedication to the
stewardship and conservation of Rhode Island's rivers, lakes and coastal
waters.

We are looking for people who meet the following criteria:

  *   Must be an individual;
  *   Must have the respect of their peers;
  *   Must have notable accomplishment(s) in watershed management such as:

     *   water quality monitoring and protection,
     *   development of trails on water
     *   promoting land use that protects waterways,
     *   working to make connections between
watershed conservation and their community.

Selection process
Nominations must be received by February 7, 2020.  A letter of nomination
can be submitted through email (megkerr at cox.net<mailto:megkerr at cox.net>) or sent in by U.S. mail to
RI Blueways Alliance President (Meg Kerr, 151 Prospect Ave, North Kingstown,
RI 02852).

The nomination letter should include the name of the individual being
nominated and the name and contact information for the individual making the
nomination. Please also include a short (1-page maximum) description of how
the individual meets the criteria listed above. We do not accept
self-nominations.

Nominations will be reviewed by an award committee comprised of RI Blueways
Alliance board members. The recipient will be announced at a brief award
ceremony at the March 7 Land & Water Conservation Summit.

Note: Blueways Board members are not eligible for this award. The current
board members are Bruce Hooke, Bruce Campbell, Meg Kerr, David Stewart,
Chuck Horbert, Glenn Ricci.

Blueways Past Recipients

Keith Gonsalves (Ten Mile River, 2019)
Ted Callender (Salt Ponds Coalition, 2018)
Art Ganz (Salt Ponds Coalition, 2017)
Lisa Aurecchia (Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, 2016)
Denise Poyer (Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, 2015)
Judy Colaluca (Save the Lakes, 2014),
Caroline Wells (Town of Warren, 2013),
Paul Earnshaw (Buckeye Brook Coalition, 2012),
Eugenia Marks (Audubon Society of RI, 2011),
Frank Matta (Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone, 2010).
_________________________________
Meg Kerr
Sr. Director, Policy
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
12 Sanderson Road, Smithfield, RI 02917
Tel: 401-949-5454 ext. 3003
Fax: 401-949-5788
Cell: 401.714.2313
mkerr at asri.org<mailto:mkerr at asri.org>

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