2008 Earth Day Observance: NSSGA and Wildlife Habitat Council Announce Memorandum of Understanding
Brad Cardwell
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17— Recognizing the April 22 observance of Earth Day, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) and the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes a framework for the cooperation between NSSGA and WHC to work with industry to encourage participation in the programs of each organization and to engage and demonstrate voluntary corporate leadership in environmental performance, including enhancement and restoration of wildlife habitat.
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Wildlife Habitat Council and U.S. EPA Performance Track Recognize 3M
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track program presented, a special honor of recognition to 3M on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, during WHC's 19th Annual Symposium, The Value of Green, in Baltimore, Maryland. Jean B. Sweeney, 3M Vice President, Environmental, Health and Safety Operations, accepted on behalf of the company. This acknowledgement distinguishes the 3M Decatur facility in Alabama for its commitment to outstanding environmental leadership and wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration as a member of both the Performance Track Program and WHC.
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Wildlife Habitat Council Announces Signatures of Sustainability
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) announces its newest program, Signatures of Sustainability. A Signature of Sustainability is a habitat program that demonstrates the potential of voluntary private sector involvement for biodiversity conservation. Signatures of Sustainability celebrate how far WHC has come and, more importantly, chart the future. The Signatures of Sustainability were announced at WHC's 19th Annual Symposium, The Value of Green, to mark the beginning of WHC's 20th Anniversary celebration.
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Wildlife Habitat Council Partners with BP Decatur on Education Initiative
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council will hold its 2007 Corporate Lands for Learning (CLL) Education and Outreach Workshop at BP's Decatur Plant on October 10-11, 2007. Now in its 10th year, CLL opens doors to experience innovative teaching and learning techniques while involving entire communities in conservation efforts.
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Grants to Help Restore America’s Streams and Wetlands
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Five Star Restoration Program announced grants totaling more than $610,600 today to 42 community-led wetland and streamside habitat restoration projects nationwide. These communities have committed an additional $2.1 million in local project support. Five Star is a partnership among the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Association of Counties (NACo), Wildlife Habitat Council, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Southern Company.
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Wildlife Habitat Council and Ducks Unlimited Launch Wings Over Wetlands Award
Vanessa C. Kauffman
SILVER SPRING, MD—The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) announces today in partnership with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) the Wings Over Wetlands award to gain recognition for companies that preserve and manage wetlands for waterfowl across North America. The United States alone is losing more than 80,000 acres of wetland habitat annually.
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Wildlife Habitat Council Announces Incoming Chairman of the Board
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) announces Émer ÓBroin, Vice President Environmental Safety, Health and Human Rights, Monsanto Company, as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. She assumed the position on March 6, 2007, during the biannual Board meeting, which took place in Concord, California. She is the first woman to lead the organization in its 19 year history. ÓBroin has served on the WHC Board of Directors since 2003 and previously as Secretary-Treasurer.
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Wildlife Habitat Council Hosts Important Land Revitalization Conference
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) will host a nationally and regionally significant environmental conference, Restoring Greenspace: Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in EPA Region 4 on May 22-23, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Sheraton Buckhead Hotel Atlanta. The meeting will bring together the nation's 100 leading experts from government, corporations, non-profits, academia and local communities to develop an action plan for putting natural cleanup technologies into widespread practice within U.S. EPA Region 4.
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Wildlife Habitat Council Announces Important Workshop
Vanessa C. Kauffman
The Wildlife Habitat Council's Great Lakes regional office announces an important workshop for the office's Huron to Erie Waterways for Wildlife Project, sponsored in part by BASF Corporation.
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52nd Annual Chevron Conservation Awards Honors William W. Howard
Vanessa C. Kauffman
For his innovative approach of pairing industry and conservationists to find balanced solutions to natural resource protection, the late William W. Howard, the longtime president of the Wildlife Habitat Council, was named one of six winners of the 52nd annual Chevron Conservation Awards.
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