GLIN==> Deadline April 16: Nominations for the 2010 Lake Superior Environmental Stewardship Awards Program

Lake Superior Binational Forum

Press Release




Nominations Accepted for the
2010 Lake Superior Binational Program's
Environmental Stewardship Awards Program

         Lake Superior is one of the world's biggest and most unusual lakes and therefore deserves special attention and protection.
       Do you know of someone whose efforts to protect or restore the lake's natural environment are truly superior?
       If so, help make others in the basin aware of their contributions by nominating them for this binational awards program.


      The nomination period for this year's awards program is now open. The deadline for completed applications is Friday, April 16, 2010.
       Applications may be made by the nominee (self-nominated) or by making a nomination on another's behalf. Members of the Lake Superior Binational Program* review each nomination and select a winner in each of six categories from each country. Judges may also make Honorary Mention awards to suitable nominations.
       The categories for nominations include:
                        1. Youth
                        2. Adult Individual
                        3. Business
                        4. Industry
                        5. Organization
                        6. Municipality or Tribe/First Nations


         Winners will be notified in June. Each winner will receive a commemorative award made by a regional artist and a framed certificate at an awards ceremony in July or other appropriate time. Honorary Mention winners will receive a framed certificate and be mentioned in press releases.

         A full nomination packet is available at the Lake Superior Binational Forum's* web site:
 www.superiorforum.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.superiorforum.org%2F&id=preview>

For more information in the U.S., contact the U.S. Forum Coordinator at
(715) 682-1489 at Northland College; or awards at northland.edu<mailto:awards at northland.edu>

In Canada, contact the Canadian Forum Coordinator at EcoSuperior at
(807) 624-2144; or mercdivertsuperior at yahoo.com<mailto:mercdivertsuperior at yahoo.com>



Examples of previous year's winners:
U.S. Business: The Inn on Lake Superior<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinnonlakesuperior.com%2F&id=preview>, Duluth, Minnesota
U.S. Organization: Unitarian Universalist Church<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uuduluth.org%2Fgreensanctuary.htm&id=preview>, Duluth, Minnesota
U.S. Municipality: City of Bayfield<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofbayfield.com%2Fecomunicipality.htm&id=preview>, Wisconsin
Canadian Business: Belluz Farms<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belluzfarms.on.ca%2Fcategory%2F59&id=preview>, Thunder Bay
Canadian Organization: North Shore Steelhead Association<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northshoresteelhead.com%2F&id=preview>, Thunder Bay
Canadian Youth: Thunder Bay Christian School<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yk7ccidab.0.0.c8e65hdab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbaychristianschool.ca%2F&id=preview>, Ontario


*About the Lake Superior Binational Forum
      The Lake Superior Binational Program represents a partnership of federal, state, provincial, and First Nations/tribal governments working together with citizens to ensure the protection of the Lake Superior basin ecosystem. The Lake Superior Binational Forum is a citizen stakeholder group of Americans and Canadians who work together to provide input to governments about these efforts and to educate basin residents about ways to protect and restore the lake basin's natural resources.

      The Forum is funded in the U.S. by the Environmental Protection Agency/Great Lakes National Program Office and in Canada by Environment Canada. The U.S. Coordinator is located at Northland College in Ashland, WI; the Canadian Coordinator is at EcoSuperior in Thunder Bay, Ontario.


Lake Superior Binational Forum
Lissa Radke
U.S. Coordinator
awards at northland.edu<mailto:awards at northland.edu>
(715) 682-1489


Lake Superior Binational Forum
Jim Bailey
Canadian Coordinator
mercdivertsuperior at yahoo.com<mailto:mercdivertsuperior at yahoo.com>
888-301-LAKE












-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20100402/60b10a0f/attachment.html