The Almond Board is encouraging growers to nominate themselves or someone they know for the Leopold Conservation Award.
Almond Board Manager, Industry Communications, Carissa Sauer tells us more about the award.
Almond Update- Leopold Conservation Award
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The Leopold Conservation Award Program recognizes agricultural landowners actively committed to a land ethic. Working with prominent state conservation partners, Sand County Foundation presents the prestigious honor, which consists of $10,000 and a crystal award, in settings that showcase the landowners’ achievements among their peers.
The award is a productive investment in private lands conservation. It recognizes and celebrates extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation by private landowners, inspires countless other landowners by example and provides a prominent platform by which agricultural community leaders are recognized as conservation ambassadors to citizens outside of agriculture. Finally, the program builds bridges between agriculture, government, environmental organizations, industry, and academia to advance the cause of private lands conservation.
Nominate.
Nominate yourself or another landowner. Award criteria are used by an independent panel of agricultural and conservation professionals in each state to evaluate each application for the Leopold Conservation Award.
Sponsor.
Sand County Foundation and its many partners and sponsors actively seek others to join this effort. The Leopold Conservation Award Program offers corporate sponsors or individual investors an opportunity to align themselves with outstanding agricultural families, while helping to ensure that these landowner conservationists receive the recognition they deserve. Our sponsors enjoy broad exposure among key target audiences of agricultural leaders, policy makers and consumers. Contact info@sandcounty.net for more information.
Grow.
Bring the Leopold Conservation Award to YOUR state! Sand County Foundation is looking to expand the Leopold Conservation Award Program into other states. Please contact info@sandcounty.net for more information.