Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Accepting Nominations For 3rd Annual Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award

The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership is accepting nominations for the Third Annual Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award, given for conservation work in environmental justice communities in Pennsylvania.

The deadline for nominations is September 30.

The Department of Environmental Protection considers any census block group where 20 percent or more individuals live in poverty, or 30 percent or more of the population identifies as a minority, to be in an environmental justice area.

Nominations are open to anyone in Pennsylvania who has done tree planting, rain garden installation or planting, regenerative agriculture or urban farming/permaculture, or community beautification in an environmental justice community.

Awardees are ranked on their community engagement, collaboration, and environmental conservation work with environmental justice communities in support of planting ten million trees for Pennsylvania. 

Awardees are given credit for using science, research, innovative and creative approaches to conservation.

The winner will receive $5,000 worth of native trees and supplies from the partnership to be used for a 2023 tree project.

The award was created to honor the spirit of Mira Lloyd Dock, who pursued urban beautification and forest conservation at a time when women or people of color were not welcomed at the decision table.

Mira Lloyd Dock is recognized as the first Pennsylvania woman to lead the way in forest conservation. She was an advocate for Penn’s Woods and in 1901 was appointed to the State Forest Reservation Commission by Pennsylvania Governor William Stone.

The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, will present the award during the Pennsylvania Forestry Association’s Annual Symposium on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Toftrees resort in State College.

For a nomination form visit the Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award webpage. Forms are also available by sending an email to keystonetrees@cbf.org,  or by calling (717) 769-4141.

Visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees.

To learn more about Mira Lloyd Dock, visit the PA Conservation Heritage website.

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-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Awards To Kiasha Huling Of Philadelphia & Shauna Yorty Of Lancaster; PA Forestry Assn. Recognizes Marci Mowery With Myra Dock Award

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, PA Forestry Assn. Recognize 3 Women With Mira Lloyd Dock Awards

[Posted: August 4, 2022]  PA Environment Digest