2017 Department
of the Interior Environmental Achievement Awards: LANDFIRE Program Named "Environmental
Dream Team."
Annually,
the Department of the Interior (DOI) presents Environmental Achievement
Awards that recognize employees, teams, and partners who have attained
exceptional environmental achievements that go above and beyond the person's or
team's regular, expected duties. The DOI has presented the LANDFIRE Program with its 2017 Environmental Dream Team award
in recognition for being "environmental champions and agents of change who
work across organizational boundaries to enhance environmental stewardship,
create efficiencies, improve communication, avoid or address conflict at the
lowest levels, or reduce environmental review times."
To earn the
distinction, LANDFIRE demonstrated that the program is unique in its approach;
that it produces clear, repeatable results at national scale; and that those
clear results improve DOI operations. LANDFIRE Business leads noted in the
nomination form that the “data provide for environmental benefits with
efficiencies in analyses, costs, and reviews through a comprehensive all-lands
national data set that is updated regularly. LANDFIRE's value and results have
transformed land management activities that support environmental work.”
In 2017 alone, data were leveraged in more than 35 specific environmental
projects.
"LANDFIRE is one of the
Conservancy’s best-in-class partnerships. Our small but mighty TNC team have a 10-year
plus track record of delivering stellar conservation results," says Joni
Ward, Science and Strategy Director for TNC's North America Region. "We
are so pleased that the exemplary work of the entire LANDFIRE team is being
recognized – congratulations to all on this well-deserved award." AWARD DETAILS.
The LANDFIRE
Program is led by the DOI and the USDA Forest Service, in
collaboration with The Nature Conservancy.
