2011 National Arbor Day Awards
Public Awareness of Trees Award
Tom Zetterstrom
Tom Zetterstrom of Canaan, Conn., received the Public Awareness of Trees Award for bringing attention to the importance of planting and preserving trees. As founding director of Elm Watch, Zetterstrom, has worked to protect and plant hundreds of American elms over the past 12 years. Relying on the best available science, Elm Watch ensures that the American elm will remain a part of New England's historic and future treescape. Through its Elm Collaborators e-mail network, EW provides a way for scientists and elm activists to share current research on the next generation of disease-resistant elm cultivars, and has recently refocused attention on diseases such as elm yellows. The group provided peer review for the University of Minnesota's publication Pruning Young Elms and helps make the manual available to arborists. Zetterstrom has worked regionally with many communities and campuses to establish and guide tree committees, and through his lectures and presentations, conveys the importance of large canopy trees in sustainable community forests and green parking lot designs. Zetterstrom's photographic work is known throughout the U.S. His "Portraits of American Trees" have been displayed in numerous university galleries and national museums over the past three decades.
This year’s winners are:
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Lifetime Stewardship Award
Anne Hallum
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Excellence in Urban Forest Leadership Award
The New Jersey Tree Foundation
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Lawrence Enersen Award
Mark Schnobrich
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Frederick Law Olmsted Award
Shannon Ramsay
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Forest Lands Leadership Award
- The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative
- Hiawatha National Forest
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Award for Excellence in Volunteer Management
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
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Award for Education Innovation
Our City Forest
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Champion of Trees Public Service Award
Todd Eberle
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Excellence in Partnership Award
Galveston Island Tree Conservancy
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Rachel Carson Award
Keep America Beautiful
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Arbor Day Celebration Award
San Diego Gas & Electric
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Good Steward Award
- Charles D. Williams
- Raymond Plank and the Ucross Foundation
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Public Awareness of Trees Award
Tom Zetterstrom
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2011 Promise to the Earth Award
Wyndham Worldwide
Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation,and environmental stewardship.
Leaders in tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship from around the country and world are honored each year at our annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The awards ceremony is part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held at Lied Lodge & Conference Center.