Awards
Many community members and groups take action to protect and improve our precious natural resources through a variety of efforts. The Watershed Excellence Awards and Landscape Ecology Awards Program (LEAP) recognize a few of these contributions each year. Every fall, we take an evening to gather and celebrate the exceptional people who make positive changes benefitting our lakes, rivers, and streams.
Many community members and groups take action to protect and improve our precious natural resources through a variety of efforts. The Watershed Excellence Awards and Landscape Ecology Awards Program (LEAP) recognize a few of these contributions each year. Every fall, we take an evening to gather and celebrate the exceptional people who make positive changes benefitting our lakes, rivers, and streams.
Landscape Ecology Awards Program
The Landscape Ecology Awards Program recognizes landowners and managers in the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District who use innovative practices to benefit water quality and natural resources. The District’s volunteer LEAP Team – largely former LEAP winners – manages this program and conducts all judging.
Awards process:
- Nominations and applications are received by the end of July
- The volunteer LEAP team conducts a site visit to view the property or project of the nominee or applicant
- Awards are presented at our annual recognition ceremony in November.
Watershed Excellence Awards
Watershed Excellence Awards recognize our volunteers and partners who make an extraordinary contribution to watershed conservation, education and community outreach. These clean water champions are also celebrated at our annual ceremony. Have a suggestion for an award candidate? Let us know!