Nominations Requested for Conservationist of the Year

BHAS is soliciting nominations for the Jack Davis Conservationist of the Year Award. The award is expected to be presented at a BHAS event in March 2022, or if necessary announced in another venue.  Deadline for nominations is January 1, 2022.

The purpose of the Award is to recognize local citizens or teams that have taken on difficult environmental issues and have as a result, made a significant difference within the past year or recent years.  The award is intended for persons who have not previously received it.  When submitting a nomination, please be guided by the following set of criteria:

• Work has generally been within the BHAS geographical base (Thurston, Mason, and Lewis counties);
• Nominees may be members of BHAS but are not required to be;
• Work was a volunteer initiative relying heavily on volunteer time;
• Nominees worked collaboratively with others, including governmental
 and non-governmental organizations, to help resolve an environmental issue;
• Nominees used objective sources of information and reliable data and demonstrated professionalism throughout;
• Nominees worked consistently on the issue and persevered,
proving resourceful under difficult challenges;
• Results of the work made a significant difference either in real environmental benefits or improved awareness by the public or governmental agencies on an environmental issue.

Submit the name(s) and a brief description of the effort made by the individual(s) or teams and their progress and successes as they relate to the criteria above. If you are nominating a team, please list the key individuals who led the team and their contact information. Please email your nominations to ConservationAwardNom@nullblackhills-audubon.org or mail them to the Black Hills Audubon Society, PO Box 2524, Olympia WA 98507.  Questions can be addressed to the Conservation Chair, Sam Merrill, at ConservationChair@nullblackhills-audubon.org. The Conservation Committee will review the nominations received and will make a recommendation to the BHAS board for final selection and approval.