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Page 3 of 5 <br />LrnRing Lana use to vvarer warmly, tnat is aunt arouna geograpnic inrormation system lt.: <br />of natural resources and remote sensing- derived images of land cover. After a year of di <br />and a second year of operation in the pilot towns, interest in the NEMO educational prog <br />to spread to other towns, and our Connecticut programs began to widen in scope. By ab <br />colleagues in other states began to express interest in adapting NEMO, and our Nationa <br />initiated. In 1999, both the Connecticut and National efforts got a technical shot in the an <br />formation of the NAUTILUS Regional Earth Sciences Applications Center, a partnership <br />NEMO and the Laboratory for Earth Resources Information Systems (LER IS) remote se <br />UConn. At present (circa 2000), NEMO has worked with almost two- thirds of the 169 mt. <br />in Connecticut, and the National NEMO Network has funded projects in 17 states. NEM( <br />conduct about 150 educational workshops a year. [top] <br />Awards <br />LOCAL: <br />Middlesex County Soil & Water Conservation <br />District's Outstanding Municipal Program of 1997 <br />STATE: <br />University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources <br />Excellence in Outreach Education Award. The NEMO Team - May 2000 <br />American Society of Landscape Architects, Connecticut Chapter. <br />Year 2000 Olmsted Award. Jim Gibbons - March 2000 <br />The Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, River Conservationist of the Year <br />Eightmile River Watershed Committee - May 1998 ( IMAGE ) <br />The Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, River Conservationist of the Year <br />Chester Arnold & Jim Gibbons: Project NEMO - May 1998 <br />American Planning Association, Connecticut <br />Chapter's Outstanding Planning Program of 1997 <br />REGIONAL: <br />United State Evironmental Protection Agency Environmental Merit Award - April 200( <br />Northeast Cooperative Extension Director's Award of Excellence, 1994 <br />NATIONAL: <br />"Remote Sensing- Enhanced Outreach Education as a Decision Support System fo <br />Land Use Officials" won the 2001 ESRI Award for the Best Scientific Paper in Geograp <br />Information Systems. <br />National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF): 1998 National <br />Environmental Education Achievement Award - Natural Resources and Land Use <br />American Planning Association, Small Town & Rural Planning Division's Award of Excel <br />Outstanding Educational Program of 1996 [top] <br />MPMf1 Parfnarc <br />http: / /nemo.uconn.edu/about.htm <br />8/22/01 <br />