DoD Presents Environmental Award
Published: Friday, June 29, 2012
The Secretary of Defense Environmental Award has been presented for excellence in advancing environmental initiatives to:
* Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Pennsylvania, Sustainability, Industrial Installation
* Fort Hood, Texas, Environmental Quality, Non-Industrial Installation
* U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, Oahu Army Natural Resource Team, Natural Resources Conservation, Individual/Team
* Fort Hood Recycle Team, Texas, Environmental Quality, Individual Team
* Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Warren, Mich., Environmental Excellence in Weapon System Acquisition, Team
* Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Natural Resources Conservation, Small Installation
* Naval Supply Fleet Logistics Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Environmental Quality, Individual/Team
* Former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Calif., Environmental Restoration, Individual/Team
* 75th Civil Engineer Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Environmental Restoration, Installation
* 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Cultural Resources Management, Installation
DoD said it manages nearly 30 million acres of installations with a variety of ecosystems and hosting hundreds of endangered or at-risk species, some of them located solely on DoD land.