MISSOULA - Missoula County Community and Planning Services is now accepting nominations for the annual Land Stewardship Award. The award recognizes landowners and residents who are taking stewardship of land and water seriously and embarking on projects and practices that make a difference for land, water, forests, wildlife and communities.
Community members and organizations are invited to nominate landowners and residents who are restoring, protecting or enhancing land and natural resources to ensure natural systems are maintained and strengthened. The nomination form is due Tuesday, April 30, and is available on the Community and Planning Services Open Lands website at http://missoula.co/stewardshipaward.
The award program, through the leadership of the county’s Open Lands Advisory Committee, recognizes the critical role private landowners and residents play in resource conservation through their stewardship activities.
“In addition to thanking these tireless, voluntary stewards for the work they do to protect resources on private lands in the county, the Land Stewardship Award allows us to capture the stories of the successes and challenges they’ve met along the way,” said Kylie Paul, natural resource specialist with CAPS’ Parks, Trails & Open Lands. “These stories help us highlight tools and programs landowners and residents can take advantage of to restore, enhance and protect land and water resources.”
The Land Stewardship Award has recognized previous recipients for their innovative and cooperative land management of forests, ranches and properties in the Swan, Blackfoot, Ninemile, Bonner and Gold Creek regions. An interactive map highlighting past recipients is online at http://missoula.co/stewardshipmap.
For more information about the program, call Kylie Paul at 406-258-4869 or email kpaul@missoulacounty.us.
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