The Joshua Tree National Park Association is looking for nominations for the seventeenth Annual Minerva Hoyt California Desert Conservation Award. The prestigious award recognizes individuals or organizations whose achievements have led to a significant and lasting impact on behalf of California’s deserts. Minerva Hoyt’s campaign to preserve those deserts led to the creation of Joshua Tree National Monument in 1936. Here’s reporter Mike Lipsitz with more on eligibility…
Past winners of this prestigious award read like a “Who’s Who of Conservation Achievements” and include Susan Luckie Reilly, Larry & Donna Charpied, David Myers, The Wildlands Conservancy, John Wohlmuth, Coachella Valley Association of Governments, Mark Jorgenson, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Dianne Feinstein, Owens Valley Committee, Elden E. Hughes (posthumously awarded), Steve & Ruth Rieman, Dee & Betty Zeller, Desert Protective Council (Terry Weiner), Nancy Karl, Cindy Zacks, Pat Flanagan, Robin K
American Institutes for Research Announces Leadership Changes to Enhance People, Culture Strategy
June 03, 2021 15:00 ET | Source: American Institutes for Research American Institutes for Research Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
Arlington, Virginia, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) For the past decade, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) has made a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and cultural and linguistic competence (CLC), recognizing their importance in achieving AIR’s mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. Staff at every level are engaged in intentional and comprehensive efforts to integrate DEI and CLC into every facet of AIR’s work and leadership has set specific goals and benchmarks to assess AIR’s progress on this journey.
McCOMB, Miss. A massive fire wrecked a Mississippi city's train depot and museum, a beloved restored landmark that dates back to McComb's founding as a