CONSERVATION AWARDS

2015 Conservation Awards

Read more about the recipients of the 2015 Conservation Awards (14 MB, in pdf format).

Click here (PASSWORD: Omaha) to download and view the photos from the awards ceremony.

• Bats -- The Forest Service is working with Bat Conservation International, a non-governmental conservation organization that seeks to protect and enhance bat habitat as well as educate the public as to the critical roles bats play in a healthy ecosystem.

• Birds -- Valued by the American public, birds are indicators of ecosystem health. The Forest Service has spent millions of dollars restoring habitats here in the United States. Through the Wings Across the Americas, the Forest Service works with partners to conserve wintering grounds in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Butterflies -- An exciting, new partnership, the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Initiative will link Federal and State/Provincial governmental agencies and non-governmental conservation groups in Canada, the US and Mexico together for a "flyway" approach to Monarch conservation. This initiative will involve many of our national forests as well as our private landowner partners in habitat enhancement, research and community education for Monarch conservation.

• Dragonflies -- Forest Service International Programs is working with partners on the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP), a collaboration of dragonfly experts, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and federal agencies across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The partnership was formed in 2010 with the goal of better understanding and conserving North America’s dragonfly migration.  North America may have as many as sixteen migratory dragonfly species, with some engaging in annual seasonal migrations and others more sporadic migrants.