The League of Women Voters and the Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council are soliciting nominations for the 15th Annual River Steward Award
Do you know someone who is an outstanding advocate for the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers? Is there an inspiring project or creative program that protects the beauty and health of our rivers or is dedicated to building an environmental legacy for future generations?
Twenty-nine miles of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers have been federally designated as Wild and Scenic Rivers because of their outstandingly remarkable resources including ecology, recreation, scenery, history and literature.
As pioneers in conservation, the League of Woman Voters in partnership with the Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council present the River Stewardship Awards. We seek individuals, organizations, youth, teachers, businesses, government employees and others whose work will inspire children, families, town and school leaders to protect and preserve the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers today, and for future generations.
Nominees may live or work in any of the SuAsCo watershed towns: Acton, Ashland, Bedford, Berlin, Billerica, Bolton, Boxborough, Boylston, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Clinton, Concord, Framingham, Grafton, Harvard, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Natick, Northborough, Sherborn, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Upton, Wayland, Westborough, Westford, and Weston.
Award winners are invited to a reception and awards ceremony held on June 16 as part of Riverfest 2017.
Past Wayland winners include: Sally Newbury, Lew Russell, George Lewis, Ken Moon, Brian Donahue, Sudbury Valley Photographers, Chris Devany and Cliff Kolovson, The Wayland Conservation Commission, Trinitarian Congregational Church (for their porous pavement, Wayland Wellhead Protection Committee, and Emily Norton.
Send nominations to Mary Antes, 11 Old Farm Circle, Wayland, MA 01778 by March 30, 2017. Nomination forms are available at the Concord Town House, the Concord Natural Resources Commission office, both Concord libraries, or online at the Concord-Carlisle LWV website www.lwvcc.org. Contact Mary Antes, 508-358-2571 or mantes2@verizon.net with any questions.
