Essex Region Conservation Honours Award Winners
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Essex Region – Six organizations and individuals were honoured with Essex Region Conservation Awards for their contributions to creating a sustainable future for the Windsor-Essex-Pelee Island region.
“It’s very inspiring to have the opportunity to celebrate so many organizations and individuals who have made an incredible impact in conservation,” said Molly Allaire, who was re-acclaimed as ERCA’s Chair. “We thank them for all of their contributions.”
Winners included:
Julius Langpeter – John R. Park Homestead Award for more than 25 years of volunteer service to the Homestead, including serving as the site’s lead blacksmith, providing mechanical care and repair of artifacts, and reproducing wooden elements of the historic barns with great skill and care.
Madison Kemp – Youth Award for her leadership in the North Star High School’s EcoTeam, and engaging and educating students and staff about conservation issues and initiatives.
Brad & Sherri Nelson – Volunteer Award for service at the John R. Park Homestead, with ERCA fundraising events, in planting thousands of trees and wildflower plants across the region and helping to ensure quality control for other volunteer planters as How-To Crew members, and for raising awareness about sustainable living.
Allison Kozolanka – Environmental Achievement Award for her leadership with the Unifor 444 Environment Committee in engaging members and the community in environmental issues and initiatives, raising awareness about the proposed Ojibway National Urban Park and coordinating adoption of the Chrysler Canada Greenway for litter cleanups.
Reid Funeral Homes – Environmental Achievement for 30 years of planting trees in honour of the families they have served, and creating the Fred Cada Memorial Forest, a 6 acre restored forest with thousands of native Carolinian trees as a living memorial to those who have passed on.
Town of Amherstburg – Robert Pulleyblank Municipal Environmental Achievement Award for upgrading its Wastewater Treatment Plan, creating a Sanitary Master Plan to guide infrastructure projects and support sustainable development, its commitment to parks and recreation, the Map and Grow project in partnership with the University of Windsor, its Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation and Protection Enhancement Policy, the transformation of a former sewage lagoon into a vibrant naturalized area, annual Earth Day Tree plantings, phragmites management and more.
The previous year’s conservation highlights were also reviewed, and ERCA’s Annual Report and corresponding Annual report video can be found at: https://www.essexregionconservation.ca/governance .
The Essex Region Conservation Authority is a public sector organization established by the Province of Ontario in 1973 and governed by local municipalities. Since 1973, it has delivered local programs and services that further the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources in watersheds in the Windsor-Essex-Pelee Island region.
