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Nature Trust Executive Vice-President Ron Erickson is the first Canadian
to win The Nature Conservancy�s prestigious President�s Conservation
Achievement Award. 

The award is given annually for �exceptional support by an individual...
[who] worked in partnership with TNC [The Nature Conservancy] to advance
biodiversity protection.� 

Erickson won the Award for a variety of work, according to the TNC, including:

* His central role in raising nearly $300,000 in private funds to
establish the B.C. Conservation Data Centre he helped create; 

* His role as Chair of the Pacific Coast Estuary Conservation Program,
which unites seven agencies and $12 million to protect key Pacific-coast
wetlands; 

* For his work in protecting Bluebunch grasslands; and for

* His continuing work at The Nature Trust.

Meanwhile, Erickson and Rod Silver, a good friend of The Nature Trust and
the Manager of Special Projects for the B.C. Wildlife Branch, each
received awards from the Ministry of Environment, Habitat Conservation
Fund and The Nature Trust  for their conservation achievements.

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Former chairman of The Nature Trust, Bert Hoffmeister, has won the 1995
Murray A. Newman Annual Award for Excellence in Aquatic Sciences.

The award, presented during a fund-raising dinner for the Vancouver
Aquarium at the Pan Pacific Hotel, was given to honour Hoffmeister�s
�significant achievement in aquatic conservation.�

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Nature Trust director �Bert� Brink received an honorary Doctor of Science
degree at the University of British Columbia�s convocation.

The D.Sc. is in recognition for his long and distinguished career and his
lifelong efforts on behalf of nature and conservation, according to the
Tributes Committee. 

Dr. Brink, who also holds a PhD and is a member of the Order of Canada, is
a director of The Nature Trust as well as a former professor and head of
the plant-science department of the Faculty of Agriculture at UBC.

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This article is posted as a public service by The Nature Trust of West
Vancouver, B.C. Canada. The Nature Trust is a Charitable Corporation
(#0398650-53), which is dedicated to conserving areas of ecological
significance in British Columbia. If you wish to make a donation, please
call (604) 925-1128.

Since 1971, The Nature Trust and its partners in conservation have
invested more than C$25 million to secure over 200 acquisitions in British
Columbia. These cover 13,055 strategically located hectares (32,259
acres), thus creating a legacy of grasslands, marshes, forests and
mountains that protect the plan and wildlife species they nurture.

This article is copyright, (c) 1995, by The Nature Trust of British
Columbia, 808-100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V7T 1A2.
All rights reserved. 

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