If you are looking for inspiration to protect and restore in your watershed, “green-up” your company, your community or your school, look at what these award winners did in 2006!

PA Environment Digest makes a special point of highlighting the individuals, businesses, communities and organizations recognized for their environmental initiative.

Here are the stories of lots of award winners in 2006 (January to December).

Learn from them, be inspired by them!

Zug Honored for Work on Chesapeake Bay Education Issues

Sony’s Mt. Pleasant Plant Joins Partnership for Environmental Priorities

Borough of Lititz Receives Regional Award for Environmental Performance

Six PA Communities Recognized for Water Quality Protection Efforts

Richard St. Pierre Receives Ralph W. Abele Conservation Heritage Award

Westmoreland Conservation District Wins National Award

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces Environmental Award Winners

EPA Recognizes Landfill Methane Partners For Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Stonycreek-Quemahoning Initiative Gets Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show Award

Youth Hunter Essay Contest Winners Honored by Game Commission

Friend of French Creek Award Winners Announced

Environmental Advisory Council Network Honors Local Councils

Geisinger’s Skip Wieder Receives Susquehanna River Basin Excellence Award

Engineer Honored by Cumberland Trout Unlimited

Quecreek Mine Rescue Site Earns Official State Historic Marker

BP, DuPont Get Top Scores in First-Ever Ranking of Climate Change Strategies

Three PA Companies Honored for Energy Conservation by EPA

State, Lebanon County Celebrate 10,000 Acres of Farmland Preserved

Farmers Working to Protect Chesapeake Bay Recognized

12 Winners Announced for Governor's Environmental Excellence Award

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn. Recognized With Governor’s Award

President Bush Presents Youth Environmental Award to Souderton Students

Coca-Cola Bottler in Allentown Added to EPA Environmental Performance Track

Shades of Green Leadership Award Winners Selected

EPA Recognizes Health Philadelphia Organizations for Protecting the Environment

State College Beneficial Water Reuse Project Wins National Award

CBF Names Educator of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Lafayette College Students Win EPA’s People, Prosperity and Planet Award

EPA Recognizes PA Schools for Protecting Schuylkill River

Water Association Recognizes Rep. Carole Rubley with James McGirr Kelly Award

Two PA Groups Honored for Climate and Ozone Protection

Southwest PA Air Quality Partnership Rewards Park and Ride Commuters

Michael Pyles Receives National Award for Radon Work

Breinich Elected to American Planning Association’s Professional Institute

TreeVitalize Sweeps Montgomery County Environmental Awards

Delaware, Greene, York High Schools Take State Envirothon Honors

John Dawes, Wild Resource Program Receive PAEP 2006 Karl Mason Awards

Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award Winners Recognized

Johnson & Johnson Wins Environmental Excellence Award

Philadelphia Building Named to 2006 Top 10 Green Projects List

Williamsport Company Honored for Environmental Excellence Award

Penn State Team in Top 5 of National Advanced Vehicle Competition

Winners of 2006 Commonwealth Design Awards Announced

Valesky’s Market Earns Energy Star Award

Keith Williams, Hercules Cement, Receives R. Emmet Doherty Clean Air Award

Coatesville’s Charlie Root Receives EPA National Award

Watershed Art Contest Winners Announced By Pennsylvania American

DEP’s Cambria Mining Office Featured in Green Building Study

Maria Elvia Zavala Wins Sue Wiseman Scholarship from PA Cleanways

PA’s Annual Green Power-Turn It On! Awards Luncheon in September

Mifflin’s Dan Dunmire Receives Regional Conservation District Honor

PA’s Team Takes Second Place in 2006 Cannon Envirothon Competition

Lancaster Business Wins 2005 Award for Environmental Excellence, You Can Too!

PA Student Wins National Take A Walk Butterfly Drawing Contest

ETAC-PennTAP Partnership Wins National Pollution Prevention Award

6 of 10 Winners of EPA Excellence in Energy Efficiency Awards from PA

Gardens Win Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Greening Award

Skyline Pittsburgh-Exhibit Place Wins Award for Energy Efficiency

Clients of SBDC Environmental Assistance Program Win Energy Awards

DCNR Honored for Outstanding Achievement in Greenways Preservation

Washington County Mine Reclamation Project Designed by DEP Wins Award

Four PA Companies Receive Waste Minimization Awards From EPA

Westmoreland Banquet Recognizes Award Winners, Locally Produced Foods

Awards Presented by Northeast Environmental Partners, PA Environmental Council

Winners of Governor’s Biofuels Leadership Award Announced

Joseph T. Rothrock Award Presented to DCNR Forester Alex Day

PPL Electric Utilities Receives Forestry Award

EPA Recognizes Land Conservancy of Adams County for Drinking Water Protection

Video Blog - Ed Wytovich Talks About Watershed Restoration, Partnership

Delaware Estuary’s Kathy Klein Receives Honor From Environmental Professionals

Central PA Conservancy Honors Dr. Cliff Jones as Conservationist of the Year

2006 Green Business Award Recipients Announced in Chester County

PA's Fresh Food and Supermarket Initiative Wins EPA Smart Growth Award

PA Brownfield Project Wins Phoenix Award at National Conference

PA Resources Council Honors Cliff Jones, 5 Others with Sustainability Awards

Warwick Twp., Lititz Run Watershed Alliance Receive Honors

DEP’s McGinty Wins Keep America Beautiful Recognition

Pennsylvanians Receive Green Power Leadership Awards

Fort Indiantown Gap Training Site Wins National Conservation Award

RecycleBank Wins 2006 Waste News Environmental Award

Unity Township Authority Receives EPA Award for Environmental Performance

Two PA Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects Win National Awards

PA Trout Unlimited Presents Annual Awards to Conservation Leaders

Pennsylvania Society, Others Honor Former DER Secretary Dr. Clifford L. Jones

Washington County District Recognizes 6 With Conservation Awards

12/29/2006