
<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4097"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161">On Thursday, Jane and I drove to Lansing to receive the DNR's Partners In Conservation Award on behalf of the BRCS and all our volunteers.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4173"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4233"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161">You have done an amazing thing by your hard work and dedication over the past 14 years to the environment of this area.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4234"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4235"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161">On behalf of the BRCS and myself, I want to thank you again for your continued support you give so freely to the work of the BRCS.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4238"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4239" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161">If I had a way to do it, I would give everyone one of you this award myself.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161">A short report is located here:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4251" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4252" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4161"><a href="http://www.brcleansweep.org/DNR_Partners_Award_15.html">http://www.brcleansweep.org/DNR_Partners_Award_15.html</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4118"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436580150937_4119" class="signature">Norm Fred<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.brcleansweep.org/">BRCS</a></div></div></body></html>