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- Avista--Recognition for Outstanding Resource Stewardship - The efforts of Avista Utilities, an operating division of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA), to protect some of the West’s most spectacular wildlife habitat, has earned it the award for Outstanding Stewardship of America’s Rivers (OSAR) by the National Hydropower Association. This is the seventh consecutive year that Spokane-based Avista has earned the award. - 07/31/2006
- Dominion - Students Digging "Project Plant It!" - In 2008, nearly 20,000 elementary school students in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia learned about the value of trees in our ecosystem and how to recognize and care for trees through Project Plant It!, a community effort to educate children, plant trees and improve the environment. - 10/22/2008
- Duke Energy--Preserving Land and Wildlife - Duke Energy, a leading energy company based in Charlotte, N.C., is working with state and federal agancies to preserve wildlife habitats and nesting grounds throughout its service areas. - 08/20/2007
- Kansas City Power & Light--Restoring Missouri River Wetlands - Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L), a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, is working collaboratively with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Conservation Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore a 106-acre tract of wetlands to their original natural habitat along the Missouri River bottom. - 09/22/2006
- Xcel Energy--First With Avian Protection Program - Headquartered in Minneapolis, Xcel Energy is the first utility in the nation to voluntarily sign a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop protection plans for their service areas. - 08/20/2007
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