Media Advisory

What

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Maryland Petroleum Council (MPC) and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will announce winners of the 2012 Tawes Award for a Clean Environment and the James B. Coulter Award. This year’s award winners are from Baltimore, Somerset and Montgomery counties. 

The awards are co-sponsored by MDE, MPC and DNR to recognize youth, adults, private and public organizations involved in the restoration and protection of Maryland’s natural resources. The Tawes award, given to both adult and youth awardees, is named in honor of J. Millard Tawes, Governor of Maryland from 1959 to 1967 and the first secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The James B. Coulter Award, named after Maryland’s second DNR Secretary, acknowledges environmental contributions by a government employee.

 

Who

MDE Secretary Robert M. Summers, Maryland Petroleum Council Executive Director Drew Cobbs, DNR Deputy Secretary Joseph Gill and Award Winners.

 

When

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6 p.m.

 

Where

Montgomery Park Business Center Auditorium, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230
Please park in the RED LOT accessed from Washington Boulevard. Inform the entrance gate attendant that you are attending the Tawes Awards dinner and you will be directed where to park.

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