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CHMMunity brings ACHMM-NSC Award Recognition
ACHMM-NSC as a group has recently received 2 awards, as follows:
- Take Pride in America Secretarial Award - The ACHMM-NSC has 3,406 volunteer hours to date as
of 3-28-2006. See www.takepride.gov for more information.
- Harztog Regional Award - The ACHMM-NSC was nominated by Chris Holbeck of Voyageurs National Park and "competed" with 55 other parks
to receive the regional award. We then "competed" with 7 other regions, approximately 390 parks, for the national award. ACHMM won the
regional award.
Take Pride in America - Secretarial Award Presented to the ACHMM-NSC (2003-2006)
Volunteers from the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers - North Star Chapter (ACHMM-NSC) partnered with Voyageurs National
Park to conduct extensive water quality testing of the park's large lakes in 2004 and 2005. The team brought together volunteers from
many communities to collect water samples, conduct laboratory analyses, and interpret the resulting data. This work will provide Voyageurs
National Park with an essential baseline of water quality information that will be used to recognized and manage changes in water quality
over time. The ACHMM North Star Chapter began volunteering in 2003, assisting park staff with water quality testing and monitoring for
exotic species. Their commitment to the park has brought together partner organizations form the United States and Canada, including
government agency partners and members from several non-governmental organizations. This work would not likely have occurred without the
contributions of the volunteers from ACHMM.
See a .pdf of the Memorandum from Voyageurs National Park regarding this award >>
George B. Hartzog Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Group Service (2005)
Excerpted from March, 2006 National Park Service Memo
Please accept this letter of support for nomination of the North Star Chapter of the Academy of Hazardous Materials
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The George B. Hartzog Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Group Service |
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Managers (ACHMM-NSC) to the
George B. Hartzog Jr. Outstanding Volunteer Group Service award for volunteer service in 2005 at Voyageurs National Park. The North Star
Chapter has contributed significantly through volunteerism to the preservation of water resources in and around the park by providing
park managers, partners and stakeholders previously unattainable knowledge of the water resources we share and manage. ACHMM-NSC dedicated
822 hours of service to support a spatial characterization of water quality on the Namakan Reservoir in 2005. The Namakan Reservoir sits
astride the international boundary between the U.S. and Canada, having multiple jurisdictions, interested stakeholders and partners. The
water quality characterization project administered, funded and carried out by the North Star Chapter in 2005 joined the stakeholders working
in the various jurisdictions in and around the park and focused on one shared interest, water quality. The volunteer service provided by the
North Star Chapter has been of the highest professional standard and has provided park staff with the data needed to manage resources for
future generations.
See a .pdf of the National Park Service memo announcing this award >>
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