2023 WHC Awards Announced at WHC Conservation Conference
*BETHESDA, MD / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2023 / *Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) announced the winners of its 2023 WHC Awards during the WHC Conservation Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 20-21. The WHC Awards honor excellence in corporate conservation, with awardees representing various national and international companies across industries.
The year's top awards, signifying leadership in conservation, were won by Freeport-McMoRan, WM and Matador Ranch & Cattle.
"We are proud to recognize the excellent achievements of this year's WHC award winners, including Freeport-McMoRan, WM and Matador Ranch & Cattle," said Margaret O'Gorman, President, WHC. "All of the award recipients have demonstrated excellence in corporate conservation, and we are honored to work alongside them to support biodiversity, sustainability and conservation education."
The Employee Engagement Award, given to WM, recognizes the exemplary contributions of one company's employees towards their habitat and conservation education efforts.
The 2023 Gold Program of the Year Award, which honors the overall depth of one conservation program, was awarded to Matador Ranch & Cattle for its Beaverhead Ranch site in Dillon, Montana.
Freeport-McMoRan received this year's Corporate Conservation Leadership Award, which recognizes one company's overall achievement in conservation and commends their corporate commitment to biodiversity, conservation education and alignment with global conservation objectives.
In addition to these corporate and program-level awards, individual projects are recognized for excellence in each of the WHC Project Guidance themes. This award category offers projects of all sizes the ability to compete for recognition.
Freeport-McMoRan was the year's most honored company, receiving the WHC Corporate Conservation Leadership Award as well as three project awards (Bats, Formal Learning and Species of Concern) recognizing their conservation and education work in Arizona and New Mexico.
The following is a complete list of 2023 WHC Award Winners:
*WHC Corporate Conservation Leadership Award*
Freeport-McMoRan
*WHC Employee Engagement Award*
WM
*WHC Gold Program of the Year Award*
Matador Ranch & Cattle, Beaverhead Ranch | Dillon, Montana
*Avian Project Award*
BP, Warm Springs Ponds | Butte, Montana
*Awareness and Community Engagement Project Award*
Summit Materials, Hamm Sanitary Landfill | Perry, Kansas
*Bats Project Award*
Freeport-McMoRan, Cyprus Tohono Corporation | Casa Grande, Arizona
*Desert Project Award*
CEMEX, El Carmen Nature Reserve | Coahuila, Mexico
*Forests Project Award*
SIBELCO, Unidade Jaguaruna | Santa Catarina, Brazil
*Formal Learning Project Award*
Freeport-McMoRan, Port Nickel | Phoenix, Arizona
*Grasslands Project Award*
WM, Kirby Canyon Recycling and Disposal Facility | San Jose, California
*Green Infrastructure Project Award*
Davey Resource Group, WSSI Native Habitat | Gainesville, Virginia
*Invasive Species Project Award*
California Resources Company, Bolsa Chica Wetlands Ecosystem Partnership | Huntington Beach, California
*Invasive Species Coordinated Approaches Project*
Matador Ranch & Cattle, Beaverhead Ranch | Dillon, Montana
*Land Conservation Agreements Project Award*
Boeing, Boeing South Carolina - Keystone/Fairlawn Project | North Charleston, South Carolina
*Landscaped Project Award*
DuPont, Experimental Station Laboratories | Wilmington, Delaware
*Mammals Project Award*
MEG Energy Corporation, Christina Lake Regional Project | Alberta, Canada
*Marine Intertidal Project Award*
The Earth Lab, The Earth Lab - Ejido Sisal | Distrito Federal, Mexico
*Other Habitats Project Award*
General Motors, Quito | Pichincha, Ecuador
*Other Species Project Award*
Ontario Power Generation, Ontario Power Generation Wesleyville Site | Ontario, Canada
*Pollinators Project Award*
Constellation, James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant | Oswego, New York
*Remediation Project Award*
Ashland, Research Center, DE | Wilmington, Delaware
*Reptiles and Amphibians Project Award*
BP, Warm Springs Ponds | Butte, Montana
*Rocky Areas Project Award*
Exelon, Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens Restoration | Nottingham, Pennsylvania
*Species of Concern Project Award*
Freeport-McMoRan, Tyrone | Tyrone, New Mexico
*Training Project Award*
ITC Holdings, ITC Transmission Line Right-of-Way at Tomlinson Arboretum | Clinton Twp., Michigan
*Wetlands and Water Bodies Project Award*
Ontario Power Generation, Ontario Power Generation Wesleyville Site | Ontario, Canada
Award finalists and winners were chosen from Conservation Certification applications submitted between January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 that were granted certification. Information on award criteria can be found here.
*About WHC*
For 35 years, WHC has been promoting and certifying ecological stewardship action on corporate lands through partnerships and education. Since only 10-15% of the world's land surface is protected, private lands provide an essential opportunity for restoring and protecting biodiversity. As the only international conservation NGO focused exclusively on the private sector, WHC provides a framework for voluntary conservation action on a wide variety of corporate lands. WHC's corporate members represent some of the leading national and multinational corporations seeking to support sustainable ecosystems and the communities that surround them. These efforts have resulted in more than 1,000 certified programs across 47 states and 28 countries.
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