BASF Professional Vegetation Management is excited to congratulate the winners of the 2007 QVM Project Habitat Awards, announced at the second annual awards banquet on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Peachtree City, Georgia.
The QVM Project Habitat Awards is an annual awards program designed to honor projects that demonstrate the principles and practices of Quality Vegetation Management™ (QVM). Winning programs represented an outstanding commitment to one or more of the QVM Principals and Practices.
Winning organizations in each category include:
Forestry – Non-Industrial Private Landowners
Thompson Forest Consultants with Aerial Specialists
Greenwood, South Carolina
Forestry – Corporate/Industrial Land
Mason, Bruce and Girard with Total Forestry
Auburn, California
Forestry – Government or Non-Profit Lands
Camp Minden, State of Louisiana with Pineland Improvements
Minden, Louisiana
Aquatic – Private Land Managers
Twin Valley Weed Management Area with SkyCopter & Chem-trol/VMS
Red Could, Nebraska
Aquatic – Government or Non-Profit Lands
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge with Helicopter Applicators, South Florida Water Management District and the Department of Environmental Protection
Boynton Beach, Florida
Utility – Investor Owned
Duke Energy with Superior Forestry Service, Inc.
Clemmons, North Carolina
Utility – Municipal
New York Power Authority with Lewis Tree
Marcy, New York
Utility – Cooperative
Fort Loudoun and Cherokee National Forest with Southeast Woodland Services
Vonore, Tennessee
Invasive Vegetation Management on Private Lands
Mississippi Coastal Plain RC&D with Progressive Solutions
Wiggins, Mississippi
Invasive Vegetation Management on Government or Non-Profit Lands
US Fish and Wildlife with FDC Enterprises
East Lansing, Michigan
Roadside
Johnson County with Chem-trol/VMS
Iowa City, Iowa
Specialty – Other (TIE)
City of El Campo with El Campo Spraying
El Campo, Texas
and
CenterPoint Energy with SprayCo
Conroe, Texas
Specialty – University/Educational Research
Mary Kahrs Warnell with B&S Air, Inc.
Eatonton, Georgia
Official finalists also recognized at the awards banquet include:
- American Electric Power with Asplundh/Arborchem – Charleston, West Virginia
- Anthony Timberland with CustomAir – Bearden, Arkansas
- Arkansas Valley Electric with Superior Forestry Service, Inc. – Ozark, Arkansas
- Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge with North Star Helicopters, Inc. – Amargosa, Nevada
- Ben Foster with Spray Max, Inc. – Shreveport, Louisiana
- Central Nebraska Public Power with North Star Helicopters, Inc. – Gothenburg, Nebraska
- Duette Preserve/Manatee County with Applied Aquatic Management – Duette, Florida
- Energy United with Osmose Utilities Services – Statesville, North Carolina
- First Energy Cuyahoga with Asplundh Tree Expert Company – Akron, Ohio
- First Energy with Nelson Tree Service – Akron, Ohio
- Georgia Pacific MAP with Robbins Forestry, Inc. – Palatka, Florida
- Florida Division of Forestry with Horizon Applicators – Carrabelle, Florida
- Neeley Family Timberland with T&M Aviation – Camden, Arkansas
- Palm Beach County with Aquatic Vegetation Control – West Palm Beach, Florida
- Mississippi Coastal Plain RC&D with Progressive Solutions – Wiggins, Mississippi
- Patterson Farm with Chemical Weed Control – Brownfield, Texas
- Varn Timber with Kennedy Timber – Waycross, Georgia
“Now that we’re entering our third year of the awards, it is encouraging to see interest in QVM and the awards program growing,” said Tim Knight, business manager for BASF ProVM. “The QVM Certified Applicators and end users that have participated in the program have been able to showcase the use of QVM principles and practices, and how those actions improved the results of their vegetation management programs.”
For more information on the 2008 QVM Project Habitat Awards or QVM, please visit www.vmanswers.com.
About the QVM Project Habitat Awards.
For those of us who perform vegetation management – whether on a roadside, utility right-of-way, public or private land – it is our duty to help make this world a better place. Quality Vegetation Management helps us do just that. Quality Vegetation Management (QVM) is a set of principles that create and sustain healthy habitats through professional, ethical and responsible practices. There is a program designed to recognize and reward QVM efforts. Sponsored by BASF Professional Vegetation Management (ProVM), the QVM Project Habitat Awards are presented to exceptional vegetation management projects that exemplify the principles and practices of QVM.
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