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Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004
TIE - Civic/Nonprofit Organization - 3rd Place
| Project #: | GG-04-20 | |
| Company: | Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation, AL | |
| Project Name: | Weeks Bay Project | |
| Category: | Civic/Nonprofit Organization | |
| Project Type: | Habitat, Nutrient Enrichment, and Nonindigenous Species |
The Weeks Bay Project is the land acquisition project of the Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation...
TIE - Adopt A Spot: Learn-Work-Play - 3rd Place
| Project #: | GG-04-25 | |
| Company: | Lacombe Heritage Cente | |
| Project Name: | Adopt A Spot: Learn-Work-Play | |
| Category: | Civic Nonprofit Organization | |
| Project Type: | Habitat |
TIE - Civic/Nonprofit Organization - 3rd Place
The Weeks Bay Project is the land acquisition project of the Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation. The Foundation is the 501c3 friends group of the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Foundation’s main objective is to protect the natural resources in the Weeks Bay watershed through land donations and outright purchase of property. The Foundation was formed in 1990 as a 501 c3. They have protected close to 1,000 acres of coastal property since that time. The Foundation has also provided technical assistance with the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in their acquisition of all 6,000 acres of the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Weeks Bay Project is similar to a land trust in that the ultimate goal is for the State of Alabama to be able to acquire the property and include the property in the Weeks Bay Reserve’s Boundaries. This partnership between the state and the foundation has led to completing successful milestones in the Weeks Bay Reserve Management plan. These properties were identified in the management plan, purchased by the foundation and transferred to the Reserve, as land acquisition funds became available. These Reserve Land acquisitions would not have been possible without the Foundation’s assistance.
TIE - Adopt A Spot: Learn-Work-Play - 3rd Place
Project "Adopt A Spot: Learn-Work-Play” started in 1999 using litter abatement funds from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The Lacombe Heritage Center, through its environmental divisions, the St. Tammany Environmental Patrol, and Lacombe Environmental Action Project, organized, educated, and employed Slidell High School students as recruits in its Junior Ranger Corps to clean up and restore areas in the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. For decades the refuge had been used for illegal dumping. The project provided in-classroom instruction and hands-on field operations. It also designed and installed a Bee, Bug, Bat, Bird and Butterfly bog Garden and Environmental Learning Center at Slidell High School as a prototype for continuing wetland restoration installations at other schools.
