Protected: Session 5 Wrap-Up

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Protected: Pre-Session 6 Assignments

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Seeking Nominations for 10th Annual McCarthy Award

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The Institute for Environmental Negotiation (IEN) at the University of Virginia is seeking nominations for the tenth annual Gerald P. McCarthy Award for Leadership in Environmental Conflict Resolution.

IEN’ s mission is to practice conflict resolution and consensus building, to learn from that practice, and to teach and build capacity of others, all in the service of creating ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable communities.

IEN gives the annual McCarthy award to an individual, organization, local government, agency, educational institution or community who demonstrates leadership in the effort to preserve and protect the commonwealth’s environment; supports collaborative problem solving through actions, contributions and/or educational programs; and who is a role model to others for the resolution of environmental issues.

IEN will accept nominations for this year’s award through April 30. A nomination form is available at www.virginia.edu/ien/mccarthyaward.htm. IEN will present the 2013 award on behalf of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute (VNRLI), a partnership program between the UVa Instiutute for Environmental Negotiation, Virginia Cooperative Extension at Virginia Tech, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and Virginia Department of Forestry. VNRLI’s mission is to develop leaders throughout Virginia who can help groups involved in contentious natural resources issues move beyond conflict toward consensus building and collaborative problem solving.

IEN will announce this year’s recipient at the graduation of the 2013 Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute class in Charlottesville, VA, on June 6.

IEN created the Gerald P. McCarthy Award for Leadership in Environmental Conflict Resolution in 2004 to honor McCarthy, its first recipient, and to honor his varied contributions to protect and promote environmental literacy in Virginia. Among other accomplishments, McCarthy brought environmental mediation to Virginia. As Executive Director of the Virginia Environmental Endowment McCarthy has been instrumental in awarding funding to create and continue support of IEN.

Last year’s McCarthy Award was presented to Mr. Mark Miller, the Virginia Organizer for the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition. Mark promoted improved management plans for the Jefferson and Washington National Forests in Virginia. Mark’s public outreach and organizing were key to the successful campaign, maintained during many years, to designate 53,000 acres of Wilderness and National Scenic Area in the Jefferson National Forest in southwestern Virginia in the Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2010. He was instrumental in bringing varied stakeholders into the process, many of whom were not traditional supporters of wilderness protection, including hunters, mountain bikers, tourism interests, local government officials, business owners, garden clubs and faith groups.

For more information on the McCarthy Award and the Virginia Natural Resource Leadership Institute, contact Melissa Keywood, Program Manager, at 434-924-6569 or mak2ye@virginia.edu.

Protected: Pre-Session 5 Assignments

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Protected: Pre-Session 4 Assignments

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Protected: Session 3 Wrap-Up

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Protected: Session 2 Wrap-Up

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Protected: Pre-Session 3 Assignments

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Class of 2013

Melissa — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:11:13 +0000

Follow the 2013 Cohort throughout the coming year as we travel throughout the Commonwealth as VNRLI Fellows:

Class of 2013 Photos

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