Wolcott praised for environmental work

For acting on several environmentally related projects, the Village of Wolcott has received the 2002 Natural Resources Stewardship Award.

The Natural Resources Stewardship Award is Wayne County's most prestigious environmentally related award. According to Steve Brownell, Chairman of the Board for the Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District, 'Wayne County's natural resources are important to our social, economic and environmental well-being. Protecting these resources for future generations is an obligation that we all have.

What earned the Village this award was the village's decision to clean up the Wolcott Mill Pond by placing 80 weed-eating fish into the pond. Another reason for choosing the Village of Wolcott was for their initiative in cleaning up a hazardous medical waste site on the Wolcott Creek Streambank.

Through all of these stewardship actions, Wolcott always kept in mind the needs of the downstream neighbors (in Port Bay) who would ultimately be affected by Wolcott's actions.

Steve Brownell, Chairman of the Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District, presented the 2002 Natural Resources Stewardship Award to the Honorable Daphne Dudus, Mayor, Village of Wolcott.

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