> Subject: Call for Nominations for 2006 National > Wetlands Awards > > Each year the environmental community comes together > to honor > individuals > who have dedicated their time and energy to > protecting our nation's > precious > wetlands. The 2006 Awards will be given in six > categories: Education > and > Outreach; Science Research; Conservation and > Restoration; Landowner > Stewardship; State, Tribal, and Local Program > Development; and Wetland > Community Leader. > > > > The National Wetlands Awards Program honors > individuals from across > the > country who have demonstrated extraordinary effort, > innovation, and > excellence through programs or projects at the > regional, state, or > local > level. > > Program co-sponsors - the Environmental Law > Institute, U.S. > Environmental > Protection Agency, USDA Forest Service, U.S. Fish > and Wildlife Service, > NOAA > Fisheries, Natural Resources Conservation Service, > and Federal Highway > Administration - believe that rewarding these > efforts helps ensure > that > future generations will have quality wetlands, > biological diversity, > and > clean water. > > > > Nomination forms for the 2006 National Wetlands > Awards Program are now > available. To download the nomination form, please > visit our website > at > <http://www2.eli.org/nwa/nwaprogram.htm> > http://www2.eli.org/nwa/nwaprogram.htm. The > deadline for submitting > nominations is December 15, 2005. Organizations and > federal employees > are > not eligible. > > > > For more information or questions about the National > Wetlands Awards > Program, please e-mail > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask], or contact Jared Thompson at > 202-939-3247. > > *** > > The Environmental Law Institute is an independent, > non-profit research > and > educational organization based in Washington, DC. > ELI serves the > environmental profession in business, government, > the private bar, > public > interest organizations, academia, and the press. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > To get off the CONS-EQST-WATER-FORUM list, send any > message to: > [log in to unmask] > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp