NAEP 2024 Annual Conference & Training Symposium

NAEP 2024 Award Winners

Zizrow Student Award

The Zirzow Award was established in honor of Charles F. Zirzow, one of the founding members of NAEP, who passed away in 1997. He strongly believed that environmental education was a continuing and lifetime process.

Kiersten Wille
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Jim Roberts Scholarship Recipient

This scholarship was created in 2008 to memorialize Jim Roberts contributions to NAEP and the environmental profession in general.

Novotna Talavera
North Carolina State University

Norm Arnold Award

Paul Looney, CEP
Senior Scientist, Water Resource Associates, LLC, Pensacola, Florida

Emerging Environmental Professional Achievement Award

Kara Alexandra Dias, CEP-IT
Partner, Environmental Resource Management

Christina Omran, PWS, FCCM, CEP-IT
Administrator, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Environmental Excellence Awards

Each year, NAEP seeks nominations for our annual National Environmental Excellence Awards. Applicants who are eligible to win represent a national or major achievement involving national organizations, Federal, State, tribal, or local agencies or companies; achieve a national or international contribution to the environment with verifiable results and evidence, and achieve innovation in compliance methodology and/or integration of decision-making with environmental regulatory processes.

2024 Categories & Winners:

Best Available or Innovative Technology:

AECOM, NWFWMD, UF/IFAS, May Nursery, Auburn University

For Algae Harvesting and Biomass Reuse for Sustainable Nutrient Reduction in Agricultural Runoff to the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Management, Stewardship, Conservation and/or Protection:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Wetland Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management

For: Pennsylvania’s Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan

NEPA and/ or Planning Integration:

South Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

For: I-526 Lowcountry Corridor WEST Environmental Justice Outreach and Community Mitigation Plan

Public Involvement and Education:

Impact Environmental