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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colleen O'Sullivan, TCRCD board chairwomen
is also in DC along with a representative of the National Association of
Conservation Districts (NACD).</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Patrick Truman, TCRCD board member since
1984, also represents CA on the NACD board of directors.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks Brandt</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov href="mailto:bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov">Brandt
Gutermuth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
href="mailto:env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] Redding BLM and
TCRCD receive national award forconservation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>ALL - <BR><BR>A big thanks to the Trinity County Resource
Conservation District and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for all their
good work on the Trinity River AND in the Community Forest in
Weaverville. The TCRCD's Manager, Pat Frost, will be in Washington DC
with BLM Redding folks (Steve Anderson and Walter Herzog) receiving a partners
in conservation award from the Secretary of Interior tomorrow. Way
to go!<BR><BR>I bet that Pat will even be wearing a
tie!<BR><BR>Brandt<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Memorandum<BR><BR>To:
All DOI
Employees<BR><BR>From:
Pamela K. Haze
<BR>
Acting Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and
Budget<BR><BR>Subject: Partners in
Conservation Awards Ceremony, May 7, 10:00 a.m., MIB Auditorium<BR><BR>I am
pleased to announce that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will
<BR>present the Partners in Conservation Awards at 10 a.m., May 7, 2009, in
<BR>the Sidney R. Yates Auditorium at the Main Interior Building. These
<BR>awards recognize conservation achievements through partnerships involving
<BR>a diverse range of entities. This year, 26 awards will be presented
to <BR>more than 600 groups and individuals. Award recipients
include:<BR><BR>· Giacomini Wetlands
Restoration (California) Nominated by the <BR>National Park
Service<BR>· Making Friends? Guidebook
(NPS Midwest Region) Nominated by the <BR>National Park
Service<BR>· Potomac River Gorge
Partnership (Maryland and Virginia) Nominated <BR>by the National Park
Service<BR>· Three Mountain Alliance
Watershed Partnership (Hawaii) Nominated <BR>by the National Park
Service<BR>· Operation Migration (United
States and Canada) Nominated by the <BR>U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service<BR>· Rappahannock Land Protection
Partnership (Virginia) Nominated by <BR>the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service<BR>· Rat Island Restoration
(Alaska) Nominated by the U.S. Fish and <BR>Wildlife
Service<BR>· Southwest Alaska Salmon
Habitat Partnership (Alaska) Nominated by <BR>the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service<BR>· Apache Trout Habitat
Restoration (Arizona) Nominated by the Bureau <BR>of Indian
Affairs<BR>· Casting Light Upon the Waters
(Wisconsin) Nominated by the Bureau <BR>of Indian
Affairs<BR>· Sheldon Sankey (Oklahoma)
Nominated by the Bureau of Indian
<BR>Affairs<BR>· Bayhorse Mining District
Cooperative Conservation Partnership <BR>(Idaho) Nominated by the Bureau of
Land Management<BR>· Glenn Harkleroad
(Oregon) Nominated by the Bureau of Land
<BR>Management<BR>· Milford Flat Fire
Restoration Project (Utah) Nominated by the <BR>Bureau of Land
Management<BR><BR>· Weaverville Community
Forest (California) Nominated by the Bureau <BR>of Land
Management<BR><BR><BR>· West Eugene
Wetlands Partnership (Oregon) Nominated by the Bureau <BR>of Land
Management<BR>· Battle of the Atlantic
Expedition (North Carolina coast) Nominated <BR>by the Minerals Management
Service<BR>· Flower Garden Banks Long-Term
Monitoring (Texas and Louisiana <BR>coast) Nominated by the Minerals
Management Service<BR>· West Virginia
Watershed Network (West Virginia) Nominated by the <BR>Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement<BR>·
Colorado River Interim Guidelines (multi-state) Nominated by the <BR>Bureau of
Reclamation<BR>· John W. Keys III
Partnership Program (Bureau of Reclamation <BR>Pacific NW Region) Nominated by
the Bureau of Reclamation<BR>· Missouri
River Bank Stabilization (South Dakota) Nominated by the <BR>Bureau of
Reclamation<BR>· Outdoor Recreation
Business Plan Guidebook Team (Utah) Nominated <BR>by the Bureau of
Reclamation<BR>· Protection of Aquifer
Resources in Oklahoma (Oklahoma) Nominated <BR>by the Bureau of Reclamation
<BR>· Advanced Invasive Species Modeling
Room (Colorado) Nominated by <BR>the U.S. Geological
Survey<BR>· Coast Salish (Washington)
Nominated by the U.S. Geological Survey<BR><BR>Please join the Secretary in
congratulating these outstanding <BR>partnerships. For more information,
please contact Olivia Barton <BR>Ferriter, Director, Office of Conservation,
Partnerships and Management <BR>Policy, at <A
href="mailto:Olivia_Ferriter@ios.doi.gov">Olivia_Ferriter@ios.doi.gov</A>, or
202-208-7966.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>env-trinity
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