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AWARDS
Points of Light Foundation honors Rural Action
December 2004
Ohio Hill Country Heritage Area honors Carol Kuhre
December 2004
Monday Creek receives ODNR Minerals Education Award
November 2004
Ohio Environmental Council presents Conservation Achievement of the Year award
to Monday Creek
December 2002
National Rural Community Assistance Award
April 2000
National Award for Sustainability
Rural Action presents Sustainability Awards
Monday Creek Restoration Project receives two environmental awards in 2004
Left to right: ODNR
Division of Mineral Resources Management Chief Mike Sponsler,
MCRP's AmeriCorpsVISTA volunteer Tim Braun, Watershed Coordinator
Mike Steinmaus and Rebecca Black, Water Quality Specialist
by Steve Zarate, AmeriCorps*VISTA
December 8, 2004
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has presented its 2004
Minerals Education Award to Monday Creek Restoration Project
(MCRP), a Rural Action effort based
in New Straitsville, Ohio. MCRP Coordinator Mike Steinmaus accepted the award
at a ceremony at the Applied Research Conference in Athens, Ohio on December
8, 2004.
In bestowing its honor, Division of Mineral Resources Management Chief Mike Sponsler
said, "Over the past ten years, the MCRP staff and assigned VISTAs (Volunteers
In Service To America) have conducted outreach activities that have stressed
the involvement of the communities in stewardship of watershed lands and waters.
Educational outreach programs presented by Monday Creek Restoration Project have
significantly impacted southeastern Ohio’s watershed communities."
On November 6, 2004, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) honored
Monday Creek
Restoration Project with the 2004 Conservation Achievement of the Year
Award, which recognizes the diligence, dedication and passion of Ohioans
who demonstrate
tremendous leadership and achievement in protecting the state’s natural
environment. "Once again, history is in the making in New Straitsville," said
OEC Public Affairs Director Jack Shaner, "and thanks to the Monday Creek
Restoration Project and tireless leadership of its innovative leader, Mike Steinmaus,
the headwaters of the Monday Creek watershed will once again flow clear."
MCRP, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, serves Athens, Hocking
and Perry County citizens. Most area residents, knowing Monday Creek as a "sulfur" creek
running orange or turquoise and having a sulfur smell, have never imagined stream
conditions improving or actually catching fish from the creek. "Our staff,
volunteers and partners have tirelessly worked to inform adults and youth of
the benefits of clean water and a healthy environment," said Steinmaus. "These
awards reflect the efforts of numerous individuals who have promoted environmental
stewardship."
January 12, 2005
Visit MCRP on the web at http://www.mondaycreek.org
Monday
Creek Restoration Project
PO Box 129, 115 West Main Street
New Straitsville, OH 43766
Mike
Steinmaus, Watershed Coordinator
Phone: 740-394-2047
FAX: 740-394-2554 (call us first)
Email: mcrp@netpluscom.com