2011 National Arbor Day Awards
Award for Education Innovation
Our City Forest
The Award for Education Innovation was given to Our City Forest of San Jose, Calif., for engaging and educating its community in a unique way. Since 1994, Our City Forest has been providing ways for residents of San Jose to take care of the area's vast urban forest, and it starts with education. The program has trained more than 400 volunteers and educators, called Tree Amigos, to go out in the community and serve as ambassadors for Our City Forest. Tree Amigos graduate from a free, 18-hour training course, and then go out into the community to teach and guide residents as they plant and care for trees. Our City Forest also educates students from kindergarten through college about the vital role trees play in a city. During the past 15 years, the program has engaged citizens to participate in more than 3,000 tree-planting projects resulting in more than 50,000 trees being added to the city's canopy.
This year’s winners are:
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Lifetime Stewardship Award
Anne Hallum
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Excellence in Urban Forest Leadership Award
The New Jersey Tree Foundation
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Lawrence Enersen Award
Mark Schnobrich
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Frederick Law Olmsted Award
Shannon Ramsay
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Forest Lands Leadership Award
- The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative
- Hiawatha National Forest
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Award for Excellence in Volunteer Management
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
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Award for Education Innovation
Our City Forest
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Champion of Trees Public Service Award
Todd Eberle
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Excellence in Partnership Award
Galveston Island Tree Conservancy
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Rachel Carson Award
Keep America Beautiful
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Arbor Day Celebration Award
San Diego Gas & Electric
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Good Steward Award
- Charles D. Williams
- Raymond Plank and the Ucross Foundation
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Public Awareness of Trees Award
Tom Zetterstrom
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2011 Promise to the Earth Award
Wyndham Worldwide
Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation,and environmental stewardship.
Leaders in tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship from around the country and world are honored each year at our annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The awards ceremony is part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held at Lied Lodge & Conference Center.