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Wild South's "Green Oscars" in the News....
With excitement and anticipation of the Fourth Annual Green Tie Gala and Conservation Awards in 2012, it is worth a look back at the spirit of the event!
Wild South and the Roosevelt-Ashe Society proudly hosted the Green Tie Gala to recognize truly outstanding conservation work in the South. In 2011, about 150 people gathered in Asheville, NC to honor the Award Recipients - and it a testament to the Conservation community that so many people from diverse groups and agencies can join together to celebrate their colleagues. 2012 looks to offer yet another fantastic "Green Oscars"!
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
The Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Awards
by Don Hendershot (full article found HERE)
'People out there in the environmental/conservation trenches (including agency personnel like North Carolina Natural Resources Commission, U.S Forest Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife) spend most of their working time being pigeonholed, dissed and/or vilified. Events like the Green Tie Gala, where they can let their hair and shields down and simply enjoy the company of other like-minded individuals, provide much needed R&R for these dedicated souls. A place where they can re-energize and prepare to get back out there and make more of the kinds of stories I write.'
Published: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
EDITORIAL:John Wathen gets environmental accolades
by Whit Gibbons, University of Georgia (full article found HERE)
'John Wathen, the creekkeeper for Friends of Hurricane Creek, is a ubiquitous figure in these parts in his efforts to protect his fragile watershed feeding into the Black Warrior River.
But his receipt of the Wild South's Roosevelt-Ashe Society Conservation Award for Outstanding Journalist in Conservation had less to do with his local efforts than it did his indefatigable work for the national Waterkeeper Alliance following the oil spill nearly a year ago in the Gulf of Mexico.The award is given to people who have contributed to the environmental movement during the year by Asheville, N.C.-Wild South, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire people to enjoy, value and protect the wild character and natural legacy of the South. Wathen was chosen as a nominee for the media work that he does based around environmental issues.“We all have the same premise that these are our waters, and people don't have a right to deprive us of those clean waters,” Wathen said.' |
Roosevelt-Ashe Society
