Nominations open for annual Meigs Award

ROXBOROUGH >> The Schuylkill Center announces an open call for nominations for the 12th annual Henry Meigs Award for Environmental Leadership.

In the memory of one of the center’s founders, Henry Meigs, this award honors individuals who have demonstrate exceptional leadership in an environmental field, from community education to regional leadership, scientific research to ecological restoration.

In addition to celebrating the Philadelphia area’s environmental leaders, the Meigs Awards honor emerging youth leaders. The Meigs Youth Environmental Leadership Award is given to a person of age 18 or younger for excellence in an environmentally oriented project or to those who have shown outstand- ing dedication to the environment overall. Youth award winners show great promise for leadership in an environmental field in the future. Nominations for the youth award are due April 10.

The leadership honored with the Meigs Award can take many forms, and the Schuylkill Center welcomes nominations for anyone who has made a lasting impact on the Philadelphia region with a vision for a sustainable future, whether through environmental practice, principles or technologies.

Past winners include Dr. Ann Fowler Rhoads (2014), Cobbs Creek Founder Carol Williams-Green (2016) and Clean Air Council’s Joe Minott (2012).

Nominations are due May 1.

Details about the Meigs Awards and nomination forms can be found on the Schuylkill Center’s website, schuylkillcenter.org.