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2010 Conservation Award Winners

The winner for this year's awards are:

  • citizen award - Dr. James McCowan
  • community award - Loyalist Township
  • education award - Queen's University Biological Station
  • Stewart Fyfe Conservation Award - Stephen Knechtel.

The awards were presented on April 22 at the Foundation's Earth Day celebration.

Past Award Winners

  • Douglas Knapp (2009)
  • Dr. James Day (2008)
  • Lemoine Point Native Plant Nursery Committee (2007)
  • Vicki Schmolka (2006)
  • Sharon Critchley (2005)
  • Norm Ruttan (2005)
  • Jim and Jane Bayly (2004)
  • Shelley Gallagher (2003)
  • Ian Wilson
    (2002)
  • Society for Conservation Biology
    (2001)
  • Larry York / Mrs. Jamieson's Grade 2 Class, Storrington Public School
    (2000)
  • Michèle Steenbakkers
    (1999)
  • Stephen Pitt
    (1998)
  • Anne Robertson
    (1997)
  • Tom Huff
    (1996)
  • Helen Henrikson
    (1995)

Conservation Award

conservation award 2010Michael Bell, Foundation President (left)and Ian Wilson (right) with the 2010 Conservation Award winner Jim McCowan and Mrs. McCowan.

This award is given annually to an individual or group that has advanced the understanding of the interdependence of all life in the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority's watersheds and has actively promoted the protection of the natural environment.

For 2010, the award has been changed to allow recognition in five different categories.

The purpose of the award is to recognize service to conservation by individuals, groups and corporations. This service can be through specific projects, long-term practice or other outstanding activity within the jurisdiction of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.

Details about the five categories are provided below.

Citizen Award

Honours a citizen who has made important efforts to improve the natural environment in the CRCA watershed.

Community Award

Honours a community organization, institution or business that has advanced the understanding of the interdependence of all life in the CRCA watershed and/or has actively promoted the protection of the natural environment.

Education Award

Honours a person, group or school that has promoted a better understanding of conservation in the CRCA watershed.

Stewardship Award

Honours a landowner, whose property is located within the CRCA watershed, and who demonstrates excellent stewardship of the natural environment.

Corporate Award

Honours a corporation or municipality that has demonstrated exemplary leadership in the protection and improvement of the natural environment in the CRCA watershed.

To Make a Nomination

Nominations must include the nomination form and supporting documentation sufficient to demonstrate to the Cataraqui Conservation Foundation who the nominee is and the significance of their activity.

Materials that may assist in making this demonstration are testimonial letters, media stories, maps and photographs documenting the nominee's accomplishment.

For the 2011 awards, nomination forms will be available here in early 2011.

A Brief History of the Conservation Award

From 1995 to 2002, the Conservation Award was known as the Ecology Award. The first recipient of the Ecology Award in 1995 was the late Helen Henrikson, whose advocacy and field work was a significant contribution to the protection of the valley lands in the Little Cataraqui Creek valley which flows through the heart of Kingston.

From 2000 to 2003, DuPont Canada joined the Foundation as a sponsor of the Award. In 2003, the name of the award was changed to the Conservation Award.

In 2010, the award was expanded to include several categories. The names of the winners are shown in the sidebar on this page.

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