Education
Land Ethics Award
We are very excited to introduce a new way to recognize excellence in sustainable ecological design: the Land Ethics Award.
Purpose of Award:
The Land Ethics Award honors and recognizes individuals, organizations, government agencies, community groups and business professionals who have made significant contributions to the promotion of native plants and have exhibited a strong land ethic while promoting sustainable designs that protect the environment.
Who is eligible for nomination:
Nominations may be private individuals, businesses, design professionals including landscape architects and site engineers, conservation and preservation organizations and local, state and federal agencies involved with environmental protection. School groups may also be nominated for relevant team projects.
Judging/Selection Process:
Nominations are due by November 15, 2011. The recipient will be selected by a jury of professionals in the field of preservation and conservation. The Land Ethics Award will be presented at the Land Ethics Symposium.
2012 Land Ethics Award Jury members: Don Borden, James Bray and Leslie Sauer
2011 Land Ethics Award Recipients
Congratulations to the Bucks County Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BCTU) and Buckingham Township!
Joe Mihok, BCTU's Conservation Chair, accepted the 2011 Land Ethics Award at the 11th Annual Land Ethics Symposium.
Notes from the 2011 Land Ethics Award Jury:
The Lindquist Farm and Watson Creek project demonstrates what makes Trout Unlimited so special and deserving of this award. This almost 100% volunteer effort involved many different people in its community. The scale is large, 1500 feet of stream bank, and the site was highly disturbed, yet it was very cost-effective. The approach looked at the watershed as well as the community to accomplish tasks ranging from dam removal and bank stabilization to establishing native plants and fish. Hopefully Buckingham Township can continue to work with its partners to maintain this valuable resource and educational landscape overtime.
2011 Land Ethics Award Nominations of Excellence
David Hughes - Weatherwood Design
Notes from the 2011 Land Ethics Award Jury:
There are many historic resources in our communities located on or near floodplains that might be unbuildable today and that are threatened by out of control flooding getting worse with every new development. The usual response is ever more armoring and fighting the process. This project on the other hand chose the soft path, with green solutions to very ungreen problems. Not surprisingly, it is also beautiful. If every homeowner followed this example, our historic and natural legacies would be in the hands of good stewards.
North Jersey RC&D - Walnut Brook Riparian Restoration
Notes from the 2011 Land Ethics Award Jury:
North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development managed this complex and multi-partnered project project which is a model for future efforts of this kind. This project is well documented which is vital to its role as a demonstration area. This information can be used to evaluate the project's success over time if it is adequately monitored. We also look forward to seeing how this collaboration will manage this restored site over time. PSI has been used in both the assessment and design phases of this project and can be the basis for future monitoring.
Steven Saffier - Audubon at Home
Notes from the 2011 Land Ethics Award Jury:
Steven Saffier's work demonstrates just how many different ways a determined and creative individual can find to involve people in native plants and the landscapes that are their home. These project require the ability to assess the community's assets and to bring people together, each with a a vital role, and then getting these disparate components to work together productively. This is very difficult to do and takes dogged commitment and the ability to see real connections. The result is a community resource with regional significance that serves to educate those living in a landscape about the other living things that share their world.
