2002 Department of the Interior
Environmental Achievement Award Recipients

• INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY (Four Recipients)
  • Greening Region 6
    James Behrmann, FWS

  • Sharing Stewardship Skills
    Kent Bullard, NPS

  • Modern Approaches for Dinosaur National Monument
    Don L. Durbin, NPS

  • Environmental Management at a Remote Refuge
    Gary Melvin, FWS

• TEAM CATEGORY (Seven Recipients)
  • Realizing the Benefits of Bats, Educating for Conservation
    Bat Conservation and Mining Steering Committee, OSMRE

  • Stewarding the Environment on the Refuge and Beyond
    Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, FWS

  • Innovation that Prevents Pollution
    Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery, FWS

  • Recovered: 100 tons in One Year
    Death Valley Sustainability Committee, NPS

  • Blending Man and Nature on the Cap Rock Trail
    Joshua Tree Trail Crew, NPS

  • Efforts to Protect Flow for Fish and Farmers
    Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program, BOR

  • Research is Key to Learning Center Success
    Pacific Coast Learning Center Team, NPS

• COOPERATOR CATEGORY (Three Recipients)
  • Patriots Protect America the Beautiful
    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9431, NPS

  • Wild Fish Through Cooperative Management
    Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

  • Lady Liberty ... a Symbol of Stewardship
    Evelyn Hill Inc.