Fraser Salmon & Watersheds Program NOTICES

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Inaugural Salmon Hero Awards

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of the Fraser Salmon & Watersheds Program

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FSWP announces the 2007-2008 Salmon Hero Awards to honour those who have made a tangible contribution to the preservation, enhancement and improvement of the Fraser River watershed and its populations of Pacific salmon. Heroes will receive a recognition award and $1,000 prize to the project or group of their choice.

For this inaugural year, one award will be made in each of the four program areas, selected from among the nominees by vote of the Advisory Team. To browse the projects in each program area, visit the projects on ThinkSalmon.com. Note that nominees are NOT required to be project proponents.

Please take a moment to nominate your Salmon Hero by pasting the form below into an e-mail, filling in the information, and submitting to Megan Moser at .

Dates

February 22: Nominations due

February 27 to March 12: Voting by advisory teams via online survey

March 19: Winners announced

Nomination Form

Nomination for which program area:

____ Education and engagement

____ Integrated planning and governance

____ Habitat & water restoration and stewardship

____ Improved information/ approaches for sustainable integrated fisheries management

 

Contact information

a) Name of nominator (No self-nominations, please):

      E-mail:

      Telephone:

 

b) Type of nominee: __ Individual or family __ Group __ Corporation __Other

      Name of nominee(s):

      E-mail:

      Telephone:

 

Summary of achievement (up to 350 words)

Suggested content is to briefly address

a) Describe activity, project or record of achievement. When and where did the activity take place, and what were the highlights?

b) What makes the accomplishment(s) innovative and inspirational? What have been the benefits, especially to the health of the Fraser River watershed and its inhabitants?

 

Supporting Material (Optional)

Nominators are welcome to support their nomination with attached photographs, links to media coverage or other materials, if available.