New Mexico Wildlife Refuge Receives National Recognition for Solar and Wind Energy Project
Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior Lynn Scarlett has presented Department of the Interior Environmental Achievement Awards to ten departmental individuals and employees at the department’s Washington headquarters.
“These awards are the equivalent of our Environmental Emmy awards,” said Scarlett. “The ingenuity and dedication of the winners are always inspiring. This year’s winning projects include, just for example, a sustainably designed laboratory, an invention to remove paint from spray cans, a partnership with loggers to remove scrub brush for use in bio-energy production, and a project that puts mustangs to work hauling illegal debris from marijuana gardens on public land."
Interior’s Environmental Achievement Awards recognize employees and partners who have made outstanding contributions through departmental projects in preventing pollution and waste, recycling, green purchasing, environmental management, sustainable designing and the greening of facilities, and using alternative fuel and fuel conservation in transportation.
The San Andres National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern New Mexico was recognized for using a tiered approach to install on-site renewable energy generation, the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge is able to supply 100 percent of its own power for several months out of the year and has decreased energy use by 80 percent from the Fiscal Year 2003 baseline.
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