Press Release
U.S. Army Fort Stewart Military Reservation Receives National Conservation Award
Fort Stewart today received the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2009 Military Conservation Partner Award recognizing an extraordinary conservation partnership that, among other highlights, has seen the state's largest red-cockaded woodpecker population more than double in 15 years.
Rowan Gould, the Service's Acting Director, made the announcement at the 75th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Wisconsin, citing its bold conservation partnership that features enhancing growing red-cockaded woodpecker populations, supporting the recovery of nearly two dozen other threatened and endangered species, and promoting outdoor recreational opportunities to hunt, fish, and watch wildlife. Conservation work at Fort Stewart, located in southeastern Georgia, and the largest army installation eats of the Mississippi, is led by Thomas Fry, chief of the Army's Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and his staff.
Rowan Gould, the Service's Acting Director, made the announcement at the 75th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Wisconsin, citing its bold conservation partnership that features enhancing growing red-cockaded woodpecker populations, supporting the recovery of nearly two dozen other threatened and endangered species, and promoting outdoor recreational opportunities to hunt, fish, and watch wildlife. Conservation work at Fort Stewart, located in southeastern Georgia, and the largest army installation eats of the Mississippi, is led by Thomas Fry, chief of the Army's Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and his staff.
