MRTF awards Mayor Stewardship awards
The Marine Resources Task Force, a volunteer advisory committee of the Town of Fort Myers Beach, awarded the 2010 Mayor John Mullholland Stewardship Award to two area residents at it’s April meeting.
One award went to Beach resident Gregory J. Boyd for his involvement in trash pickup on the beach. Edie Foster, another Beach resident, nominated Boyd, stating he “walks a portion of the beach every day in the early morning hours, rain or shine, cold or breezy”. Along the way, he picks up cans, bottles and litter that have collected in the wrack line during the night.
“He has become a model for other beach walkers to take a trash bag to the beach and help keep Fort Myers Beach beautiful,” according to Foster.
The second award went to Carol Lis, whose nomination form notes she “has volunteered her time and talents to Turtle Time and to protecting the Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area, as well as other environmental efforts”.
Carol “has been and continues to be a tireless advocate for stewardship on Fort Myers Beach”, according to her nomination.
Her nomination write-up continues, “She has worked on everything from tree conservation to beach raking to dune protection to monofilament cleanups to sea turtles to shorebirds to exotic plant removal.”
The recipients will be honored at the May 3rd Town Council meeting with a presentation by Mayor Larry Kiker. Their names will be engraved on the symbolic red mangrove tree sculpture gracing the wall of the Town Council Chambers. The meeting date is the closest Town Council meeting to Earth Day April 22nd, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
The Mayor John Mulholland Stewardship Award is given annually to individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations nominated by citizen input and chosen by the MRTF committee to honor the voluntary participation in awareness, education and preservation of our community’s natural resources. The award is named in honor of former Mayor John Mulholland, who is credited with the formation of the town’s Marine Resources Task Force.
The Marine Resources Task Force promotes stewardship of our marine resources, and works to stop further damage and to rehabilitate Estero Bay and its surrounding waters, including all wildlife, plant life, and air and water quality.
MRTF awards Mayor Stewardship awards
The Marine Resources Task Force, a volunteer advisory committee of the Town of Fort Myers Beach, awarded the 2010 Mayor John Mullholland Stewardship Award to two area residents at it’s April meeting.
One award went to Beach resident Gregory J. Boyd for his involvement in trash pickup on the beach. Edie Foster, another Beach resident, nominated Boyd, stating he “walks a portion of the beach every day in the early morning hours, rain or shine, cold or breezy”. Along the way, he picks up cans, bottles and litter that have collected in the wrack line during the night.
“He has become a model for other beach walkers to take a trash bag to the beach and help keep Fort Myers Beach beautiful,” according to Foster.
The second award went to Carol Lis, whose nomination form notes she “has volunteered her time and talents to Turtle Time and to protecting the Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area, as well as other environmental efforts”.
Carol “has been and continues to be a tireless advocate for stewardship on Fort Myers Beach”, according to her nomination.
Her nomination write-up continues, “She has worked on everything from tree conservation to beach raking to dune protection to monofilament cleanups to sea turtles to shorebirds to exotic plant removal.”
The recipients will be honored at the May 3rd Town Council meeting with a presentation by Mayor Larry Kiker. Their names will be engraved on the symbolic red mangrove tree sculpture gracing the wall of the Town Council Chambers. The meeting date is the closest Town Council meeting to Earth Day April 22nd, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
The Mayor John Mulholland Stewardship Award is given annually to individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations nominated by citizen input and chosen by the MRTF committee to honor the voluntary participation in awareness, education and preservation of our community’s natural resources. The award is named in honor of former Mayor John Mulholland, who is credited with the formation of the town’s Marine Resources Task Force.
The Marine Resources Task Force promotes stewardship of our marine resources, and works to stop further damage and to rehabilitate Estero Bay and its surrounding waters, including all wildlife, plant life, and air and water quality.