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<br /> <br />North Carolina <br />Wildlife Federation <br />Affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Eddie Nickens, (919) 829-1355; <br />enickens@nc.rr.com <br /> <br />Editor's note:l~terviews are available with award winners in your area <br />for high-interest feature profiles. <br /> <br />2004 GOVERNOR'S <t:ONSERV ATION ACIDEVEMENT AWARDS ANNOUNCED <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />(RALEIGH)- The 20Q4 North Carolina Governor's Conservation Achievement Awards <br />winners have been sel*ted and announced by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. <br />The 42-year-old Gove$or's Conservation Achievement Awards are the most prestigious <br />environmental honors ~ the state, conferred jointly by the North Carolina Wildlife <br />Federation and the National Wildlife Federation, under a long-standing agreement with <br />the Governor's office. The awards, which include a handsome statuette, were conferred <br />on the winners at a gal. banquet held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, on <br />February 19,2005. . <br />This year's wi$ers come from all walks ofJife, from mountain regions and <br />coastal cities. In Cludef,.. are career conservationists, artists, and business owners Wl.th a <br />. passi~n for conservati. scientists, and activists. <br />Vulcan Materi s Company is this year's recipient of the prestigious Business <br />Conservationist ofth Year. Vulcan's Cabarrus Quarry was the first quarry in the state <br />to become certified as ~ North Carolina Wildlife Federation Wildlife and Industry <br />Together site. At two quarries Vulcan has b1.lilt outdoor classrooms. One of Vulcan's <br />quarries was the first ~oject Wild education site in the state. In all, Vulcan actively <br />manages over 1200 actes ofJand for wildlife habitat and is adding more each year. <br />The very na~ofVulcan's business means that its quarries must be located near <br />urbanizing areas, and . t urbanization, as we all know, costs wildlife their homes, <br />nesting grounds, and f1 ding areas. "Vulcan needs buffer areas around its quarries, and it <br />has taken a proactive, -beyond-the-ca1l-of-duty approach to managing those areas for <br />wildlife habitat, far beyond what is required by rule and regulation," states Federation <br />WAIT Coordinator, T~ Gestwicki. <br />For their commitm+nt and wildlife workplace stewardship efforts, Vulcan Materials <br />Company is the Feder,tion's 2004 Business Conservationist of the Year. <br />I <br />: <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br /> <br />0-1 <br />