From Environment Council of RI:
The John H. Chafee Conservation awards will be given out on Friday May 9 at the dinner at the Providence Marriott. All ECRI members and Friends are encouraged to attend. Tickets are $60.00 for a local foods dinner and ceremonies. For reservations please contact the ECRI office ASAP, contact information below, as we need to finalize dinner counts very soon.
As it is after Earth Day, we can now reveal the winners.
The John H Chafee Conservation Leadership Award for 2008 goes to the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust for its preservation of 5 parcels, totaling more than 300 acres in the last year.
The other Chafee awards are going to
- Amgen for its resource conservation program
- Fidelity for its Employees Wildlife Habitat conservation project
- Scituate High School for its Community Energy Conservation Program lead by ECRI member and Scituate HS science teacher Shannon Donovan.
Hope all of you can join us on May 9 to honor these outstanding projects.
greg gerritt
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Environment Council of Rhode Island
PO Box 9061
Providence RI 02940
(401) 621-8048
http://www.environmentcouncilri.org
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