(MI) Muskegon Chronicle – The 2009 Muskegon Area Environmental Excellence Awards presented by the Muskegon County Environmental Coordinating Council went to three individuals and one educational program.
The winners are Susan Tate, adviser of the Whitehall Middle School Environmental Club; Jack Kennedy of river&woods DESIGNS; and the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative.
A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Sarah Pregitzer, who for 32 years was a science instructor at Grant Middle School. She began an environmental science class and had her students involved in a yearlong study of human effects on the Muskegon River watershed, among other activities. More