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For the week of May 21 - 27, 2003
ICL honors Express publisher for environmental journalism
By GREGORY FOLEY
Express Staff WriterThe publisher of the Idaho Mountain Express, Pam Morris, was named Saturday by the Idaho Conservation League as the recipient of the J. Robb Brady Award for Environmental Journalism.
The award, which recognizes excellence and integrity in press coverage of environmental issues, was initiated by the ICL in 1999. It is named after the former publisher of the Post Register, a daily newspaper based in Idaho Falls.
"We’re very honored," Morris said. "I certainly think that writing about the great natural resources we have in Idaho is an honorable calling."
The award was presented Saturday night at the Redfish Lake Lodge, in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, during the ICL’s annual Wild Idaho! Conference. The 2003 Wild Idaho! Conference was in part a celebration of the organization’s 30th anniversary in environmental activism.
Morris was on vacation during the conference and could not accept the award in person. Nonetheless, in presenting the award, ICL Executive Director Rick Johnson praised Morris as a thoughtful proponent—and sometimes-tough critic—of Idaho’s environmental movement.
Since its formation in 1973, the Boise-based ICL has established itself as one of the state’s most successful and influential environmental groups. The nonprofit organization focuses on protecting and restoring the state’s waterways, wild lands and wildlife.
Morris served as one of the early members of the ICL Board of Directors.
"It’s important for everyone to understand about the environment around them so they can learn to live in balance with it," she said. "This is a double honor for me because J. Robb is known for doing such extraordinary work."
Brady was the first recipient of the award in 1999.
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