MCCD Seeks Nominations For Conservation Awards

From the McHenry County Conservation District: The McHenry County Conservation District is seeking nominations of individuals who are and have been Conservation Champions for the Public Open Space of McHenry County.

To nominate a Conservation Champion or Legacy Award, download and submit an electronic nomination form from the District’s website (MCCD.me/ConservationAwards). Nominations will be accepted through December 31.

The Conservation Champion Award recognizes individuals who have made one or more contributions of extraordinary significance or impact to the conservation movement through their continued dedication and support of the mission of the Conservation District. Significant contributions can include leadership, innovation, environmental legislation, community building, restoration fieldwork, citizen science and volunteering, donations of money and land.

The Conservation Legacy Award recognizes contributions that transcend time. Whether the award winner dedicated ten or fifty years towards the local environment, their work should live on well past their earthly lifetime. Their legacy should be a gift to their community, as well as the plant life and wildlife within it. Regardless of how many lives they touched, Conservation Legacy Award winners need to have inspired others to become stewards of the land.

McHenry County Conservation District looks forward to celebrating the recipients each year who do so much to protect, preserve and promote the wide open spaces, places we like to play, throughout McHenry County now and far into the future.

McHenry County Conservation District was created in 1971 with the mission to preserve, restore, and manage McHenry County’s natural areas and open spaces for their intrinsic value and for the benefits to present and future generations.

This press release was produced by the McHenry County Conservation District. The views expressed here are the author's own.