WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Army recently announced the winners of the Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards Program for 2022.
These environmental awards recognize installations, teams and individuals for their excellence in endangered species protection, historic preservation, waste reduction, environmental restoration and pollution prevention, highlighting successes achieved between Oct. 1, 2019 and Sept. 30, 2021. Winners in the Army program go on to compete in the Secretary of Defense program later this year.
Maine Army National Guard captured the Natural Resources Conservation award for an installation with less than 10,000 acres for their Woodville Training Site. This new training facility was designed to protect the watershed and promote critical habitat, with the training resources strategically located to avoid negative effects on both habitat and wildlife.
Colorado Army National Guard’s statewide environmental quality program and their ambitious multi-faceted approach to transform the organization for long-term resilience and comprehensive compliance netted them the Non-Industrial Installation Environmental Quality award.
Completely gutting a World War II era building at Camp Mabry, addressing all structural problems and then rebuilding it to historic standards helped the Texas Army National Guard win the Cultural Resources Management award for large installations.
The Nebraska Army National Guard’s Crane Protective Team developed a predictive model based on habitat that takes crane risk factors into account and allows Guard members to plan flight paths and aviation exercises that minimize the likelihood of affecting migrating birds. This innovative work won them the Natural Resources Conservation Team award.
Their collaborative work to ensure high quality drinking water for their residents and workers is what helped Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield win the Environmental Quality Team Award. Their water quality team is constantly seeking and finding ways to improve their environmental quality including establishing a backflow team, conducting water tower maintenance, and developing an intergovernmental service agreement for water tower inspections.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site project team restored a residential property that in years past served as a burial pit for discarded Word War I chemical warfare agents. Due to site history, the nature of the contaminants, site condition, and location, the team faced daunting technical, engineering, health and safety, regulatory, and community relations challenges. Their dedicated teamwork and partnerships, as well as successful remediation was recognized by the Environmental Restoration Team award.
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