Recipients Announced for the 2010 Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Leadership Awards

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the recipients of the Environmental Leadership Awards. These awards recognize the Service's offices, employees and contractors for their exceptional achievements in recycling, waste/pollution prevention, sustainable design/green buildings, energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental management systems, environmental cleanup/restoration, minimized petroleum use in transportation, and green purchasing.

This year's awards were given in four main categories: Hatchery of the Year Award, Refuge of the Year Award, Facility/Office Environmental Leadership Awards and the Individual Environmental Leadership Award.

This year, the Hatchery of the Year Award and the Refuge of the Year Award recipients were both from the Service's Mountain Prairie Region headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The Hatchery of the Year award went to the Ennis National Fish Hatchery in Montana for its energy efficiency and renewable energy practices. The 2010 Refuge of the Year award was given to Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota for its successes in waste and pollution prevention..

"I congratulate each facility and individual for their commitment to the environment and for their outstanding leadership in this area," said Acting Service Director Rowan Gould. "The Service is committed to conserving the environment and our many programs, regions, and field offices have taken the initiative to save energy and reduce waste."

Other award recipients include the following:

Facility/Office Environmental Leadership Awards

Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Nevada, for its innovative approach to sustainable design and green buildings.

Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi, for its achievements in recycling scrap materials left on Refuges and for their sustainable reuse of building materials.

Northeast Regional Office Green Team in Massachusetts, for its environmental management system which reduced impervious materials and established a pollinator garden.

Visitor Center and Administrative Headquarters, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, for replacing a failing geothermal heating system with a natural-gas-fired Energy Star rated heating and ventilating system that works in conjunction with the photovoltaic array to reduce energy consumption.

Branch of Facilities and Property Policy, Contracting and Facilities Management Division at the Service's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, for minimizing petroleum use by reducing the size of the Service's fleet, increasing the number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles, and utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to replace aging vehicles.

Individual Environmental Leadership Awards:

Frank Drauszewski from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts for his successes in environmental management systems using photovoltaic panels on the Refuge..

James Britt from the Northeast Region's Office of Law Enforcement, for promoting the use of non-toxic green ammunition.

able design/green buildings, energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental management systems, environmental cleanup/restoration, minimized petroleum use in transportation, and green purchasing.

This year's awards were given in four main categories: Hatchery of the Year Award, Refuge of the Year Award, Facility/Office Environmental Leadership Awards and the Individual Environmental Leadership Award.

This year, the Hatchery of the Year Award and the Refuge of the Year Award recipients were both from the Service's Mountain Prairie Region headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The Hatchery of the Year award went to the Ennis National Fish Hatchery in Montana for its energy efficiency and renewable energy practices. The 2010 Refuge of the Year award was given to Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota for its successes in waste and pollution prevention.

"I congratulate each facility and individual for their commitment to the environment and for their outstanding leadership in this area," said Acting Service Director Rowan Gould. "The Service is committed to conserving the environment and our many programs, regions, and field offices have taken the initiative to save energy and reduce waste".

Other award recipients include the following:

Facility/Office Environmental Leadership Awards

Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Nevada, for its innovative approach to sustainable design and green buildings.

Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi, for its achievements in recycling scrap materials left on Refuges and for their sustainable reuse of building materials.

Northeast Regional Office Green Team in Massachusetts, for its environmental management system which reduced impervious materials and established a pollinator garden.

Visitor Center and Administrative Headquarters, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, for replacing a failing geothermal heating system with a natural-gas-fired Energy Star rated heating and ventilating system that works in conjunction with the photovoltaic array to reduce energy consumption.

Branch of Facilities and Property Policy, Contracting and Facilities Management Division at the Service's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, for minimizing petroleum use by reducing the size of the Service's fleet, increasing the number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles, and utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to replace aging vehicles.

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Individual Environmental Leadership Awards:

Frank Drauszewski from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts for his successes in environmental management systems using photovoltaic panels on the Refuge..

James Britt from the Northeast Region's Office of Law Enforcement, for promoting the use of non-toxic green ammunition.