Nominees for the award should demonstrate creativity or leadership in the preservation or stewardship of natural areas, restoration of natural areas, or have a history of promoting an understanding of the natural world in our region. They can work or volunteer in any area of activity related to land conservation, such as natural resource management, education, journalism, law or science.
Nominations are due on January 27, 2012. Please email nominations to kjohnsen@naturalland.org.
The award will be presented at the Natural Land Institute’s annual meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 20 in Rockford.
George and Barbara Fell were founders of the Natural Land institute in 1958. They committed their lives to fulfilling their vision of a statewide system of nature preserves and natural areas that would protect the precious few remaining examples of Illinois natural heritage from destruction areas to be used for scientific research and ecological education and to maintain habitat for rare and endangered species of plants and animals. George Fell died in 1994.
The Natural Land Institute is a not-for-profit land conservation organization that envisions a world in which people recognize that we are a part of nature and act with the knowledge that our future depends upon preserving the natural systems that support all life on Earth.
Since 1997, the Natural Land Institute has presented the George and Barbara Fell Award to individuals demonstrating a commitment to the preservation of natural lands in northern Illinois.
The George and Barbara Fell Award recognizes:
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1. Accomplishments that
have significantly advanced natural area preservation, protection, management
and restoration in northern Illinois.
2. Work in any area of activity (natural resource management, education, journalism, law, science) applied to stewardship of natural areas, restoration of natural areas, and the protection and understanding of natural diversity.
3. The best qualities of land conservationists the qualities exemplified by George and Barbara Fell through their lifelong dedication to the protection of natural areas.
This is an opportunity to give recognition to an individual who has demonstrated distinguished achievement during an entire career. 2012 nominations due by January 27, 2012.
In your letter of nomination, please provide the following information:
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1. Name of nominee, title, address, telephone, e-mail
2. Describe the achievements that form the basis for this nomination.
3. Describe the scope of the activity and the resources or issues addressed.
4. Describe how creativity or leadership was demonstrated.
5. What other decisions or actions illustrate the nominees overall, long-term commitment to natural area preservation and activities designed to restore and/or preserve natural diversity of ecosystems? How has this commitment been communicated to the public?
6. To what extent has the nominees accomplishments addressed resources preservation issues of widespread concern regionally or globally?
7. Name of the person(s) making the nomination, title, address, telephone, e-mail.
Past recipients of the George and Barbara Fell Award:
1997 - Barbara Fell (Rockford, Illinois)
1998 - Dorothy Wade (Oregon, Illinois)
1999 - Bruce Ross-Shannon (Rockford, Illinois)
2000 - Keith and Mary Blackmore (Forreston, Illinois)
2001 - Jack and Joyce Armstrong (Rockford, Illinois)
2002 - Mary B. Bushnell (Stillman Valley, Illinois)
2003 - Tim Keller (Sterling, Illinois)
2004 - Mark Keister (Winslow, Illinois)
2006 - Lee Johnson (Shirland, Illinois)
2007 - Dr. Richard Newsome (Beloit, Wisconsin)
2008 - Russell Johansson (Rockford, Illinois)
2009 - William Howenstine (McHenry, Illinois)
2010 - Nancy Hamill Winter (Stockton, Illinois)
2011 - Richard and Karen Gadke (Capron, Illinois)
General Info:
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