• Category: Conservation Stewardship Award

    The Pennsylvania Wilds Planning Team each year recognizes individuals, groups, organizations, communities or businesses that in the last year have made significant contributions to help grow and sustainably develop the outdoor recreation economy and nature tourism in the Pennsylvania Wilds by marrying economic development and conservation goals. These prestigious awards are typically presented at the Annual Champion of the PA Wilds Dinner + Awards Banquet. However, the 2020 Champion Awards banquet was postponed due to the pandemic. The next PA Wilds Annual Dinner & Awards will be held in 2021. Date to be announced.


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    Thank you for nominating a PA Wilds Champion. As part of the application process a photo of your nominee is required. If the nominee is selected, this photo will be used on the PA Wilds Center's website and during the awards presentation, as well as other announcements. In addition, support letters, reports, news articles, maps, renderings, video links and other supporting documents that bolster the application are strongly encouraged.
  • When uploading files, please include the name of the nominee and award category in the name of the file, for example “John-Doe-Outstanding-Leadership-Award.jpg”,

    In the field below, include a brief description of the materials you are uploading; for example, “photo of John at work with volunteers, Clarion River clean up, May 2020”.

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