From: U.S. EPA <usaepa@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Subject: EPA News Release: Pennsylvania Native Wins Prestigious EPA Award For Protecting Wetlands
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Contact: Donna Heron 215-814-5113 / heron.donna@epa.gov Pennsylvania Native Wins Prestigious EPA Award For Protecting Wetlands PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2014) – Regina Poeske, a resident of Doylestown, Pa., and the Wetlands Ecologist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, received the Edward T. "Red" Heinen Wetlands Award, EPA's most prestigious national award recognizing superior work to protect wetlands. The award is named after a highly respected leader from the formative years of EPA's Wetlands Program. It is presented annually to the person from EPA's nationwide Wetlands Program who best exemplifies the high standards and personal dedication to wetlands protection that characterized Red's years with EPA. It acknowledges those people whose work and attitude best contributes to EPA's environmental and public service goals. During her 25-year tenure at EPA, Regina has served on national teams on emerging issues in data analysis, participated in national pilot projects aimed at assessing the impacts to wetlands, tackled contentious wetland issues, and worked to make sure that environmental justice issues were addressed in EPA's work. "I have a passion for wetlands and for working with cutting edge researchers to integrate science into our practical management of wetlands," Regina said. She has provided environmental impact analysis training internationally to the African nations of Mali, South Africa and Morocco. Regina has also educated foreign students invited to the U.S. for wetlands training. Poeske is a 1981 graduate of Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, and a 1985 graduate of Stockton State College in Stockton, N.J. where she received a bachelor of science degree in Marine Science.
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Jeremy Tobias Matthews
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