Department: Board of County Commissioners
Release Date: Dec 7, 2009
Contact Information:
Deni La Rue, Community Information Manager,
(970) 498-7150, dlarue@larimer.org
Doug Ryan, Environmental Health Planner/EAB Staff, 498-6777, dryan@larimer.org
The Board of Larimer County Commissioners
announced the 2009 Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Awards today.
These awards, first presented in 1995, are given each year to honor
the environmental efforts of county residents, businesses and organizations. To
date 53 awards have been presented to programs, people and organizations
since the program began 15 years ago. Winning programs are innovative
and proactive, and show exceptional effort and concern for stewardship
of the environment of Larimer County.
The County’s volunteer-citizen Environmental
Advisory Board reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to
the Commissioners who determine the final selections. Four recipients
were named today:
- Clean Air Lawn Care,
for their strong commitment to protect air quality. Clean Air Lawn Care
was started in Fort Collins by Kelly Giard in 2006, and has since grown
to include 27 locations. Clean Air Lawn Care is a lawn maintenance business
that uses clean electric and Biodiesel powered equipment.
- Jean Weaver, for her
leadership and support of recycling. Ms. Weaver is known as the Queen
of Recycling in the Estes Valley. Her efforts began in the early 1970’s
with newspaper drives to support the Estes Park Chorale.
- K-Lynn Cameron, for
her contributions to the conservation of open space and the addition
of recreation opportunities in Larimer County and the State. As a citizen,
K-Lynn was instrumental getting petitions signed to place four citizen
sales tax initiatives on the ballot, and then worked tirelessly on the
campaigns to get the sales taxes passed by voters to fund the Larimer
County Open Lands Program and Fort Collins Natural Areas Program. She
was the first manager of the Larimer County Open Lands Program and served
for 13 years until her retirement in June.
- Poudre Wilderness Volunteers, for their long-term dedication to assist the Canyon Lakes Ranger District
of the U.S. Forest Service in managing and protecting wilderness and
back-country areas. Poudre Wilderness Volunteers recruit and train citizen
volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts for the purpose
of educating the public and assisting with land preservation.
