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WOODSTOCK --- Two lcoal women were honored during the recent Eastern Connecticut Conservation District annual meeting. The awards were presented to recognize outstanding volunteers and special partnership relationships.
Bet Zimmerman of Woodstock received the Conservation Journalism Award for a weekly conservation themed column in the Villager newspapers. The Muddy Boots Award was co-received by Grace Jacobson of Woodstock and Beverly Thornton of Brooklyn for their dedicated volunteer service assisting ECCD in the weekly collection of water samples in Pomfret as part of a bacterial contamination source investigation.
The Last Green Valley Inc. won the Project Partnership Award in recognition of a five-year partnership with ECCD in support of TLGV Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Coordinator.
Receiving this award on behalf of The Last Green Valley was Deputy Executive Director Lois Bruinooge.