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SEP 22 '00 09 :27 FROM SEAGATE CORP STDS LAB • Subject: Lino Lakes Community Service Award • • TO 96519822499 PAGE.002 From: Sue Walseth, 6408 Cassiopeia Court, Lino Lakes, MN 55038 Nominated Resident: Art Hawkins, 6102 Centerville Road, Lino Lakes, MN 55038 Biography: • Art Hawkins (87 years old) and his wife Betty, have lived in Lino Lakes for almost 50 years. • 3 grown children: Tex. Ellen, and Amy — all working respectively in the fields of conservation for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Pheasants Forever Inc. • Graduate of Cornell University, and did his graduate work under Aldo Leopold at the Univ. of Wisc. • Art is a retired Mississippi Flyway Biologist and representative for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Accomplishments: • Served on the Lino Lakes Park Board, in Lino Lakes' early years. • Served on the Lino Lakes 20/20 Vision Committee. • Served as a technical advisor on the Lino Lakes Environmental Board. • Is a founding member of the Wood Duck Society. • Has been a member of the DNR's Scientific & Natural Areas Committee for more than 20 years. • Was involved with Senator Jane Krentz, in the "Citizen Participation Act of 1994" which discourages frivolous strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP lawsuits). • Helped to found EPIC (Environmental Programs in Churches) in the early 70's. Each spring, Art and his wife hold an "Annual Bird Walk" on their farm, for the members of their church, for over 30 years! • Helped plan local Earth Day events in the early 70's, when Earth Day first started. • Annually hosts groups from the Univ. of MN on their farm, mostly from the wildlife and forestry departments there. They have had many people from a wide variety of countries, who have come to see the land restorations and wildlife habitat work that has been done on the farm, since the early 1950's. • Assists Hennepin County Parks and the Raptor Center's Osprey Re- introduction Project. 1■r. Hawkins maintains 2 successful osprey towers on the farm, which have produced 13 young, in the past 9 years! • Mr. Hawkins currently is the weed inspector for North Oaks. MN. • Works part -time for the DNR monitoring herons and egrets in the Peltier Lake Heronry. • Placed his farm (in 1994) into the Minnesota Land Trust, so that it will never be developed, and its wildlife habitat will be protected from city enroachment. • Is a reknown speaker and has written and edited various wildlife- related textbooks — and even had his own poetry published. Reasons for Nomination: Mr. Hawkins is a distinguished resident, and a real "treasure" here in Lino Lakes. The word "retirement" has never been part of his vocabulary. He has been an active participant of Lino Lakes environment- related issues for almost 50 years. He not only educates others about the environment — but physically lives and breathes his beliefs as part of his every day routine -- and on his farm, with its extensive pond and wildlife habitat. I feel that Mr. Hawkins should receive city recognition for years of exemplary, unselfish service, which is a positive benefit to both our local community and state. We are very fortunate to have him as a resident. I had originally nominated Mr. Hawkins for this citizen recognition award in January 1999, and I ha ve been patiently waiting for the city to come to a decision, for the past 1 % years. ** TOTAL PAGE.002 **