The Forest Discovery Center, an education center located on the premises of Koetter Woodworking, a hardwood manufacturing facility in Starlight, Indiana, winner of a 1999 Good Steward Award. The Good Steward Award recognizes those who practice stewardship through their conservation work on private property. The 24,000 square foot Discovery Center houses an indoor forest as well as other exhibits to promote responsible forest management. Both the Koetter Woodworking plant and the Discovery Center operate on electricity produced from sawdust. Eloise McClendon of Attalla, Alabama, winner of this year's second 1999 Good Steward Award for her life-time commitment to tree planting and conservation. She and her late husband began their 1,800-acre tree farm in 1933, and Eloise has helped plant more than 800,000 trees there. She also promotes environmental stewardship through presentations, demonstrations, scholarships to students, and a museum she built to showcase artifacts from her region. Leaders in tree planting and environmental stewardship from around the country and world were honored by The Arbor Day Foundation at its 27th annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on Saturday, May 1, 1999. Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship. The awards ceremony was part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held in Nebraska City from April 30 - May 2. |
