Pres Winter to be presented with OTIS Award
A special evening is being planned to honour the dedication of Viking resident Pres Winter with bluebirds over the decades.
Winter has won two major awards for his work along the Bluebird Trail where he bands baby bluebirds and provides nest boxes so the birds can lay eggs and raise their young. The trail has grown exponentially over 44 years through all kinds of weather. Through the Rural Outreach and Agricultural Renaissance Society (ROARS), he was nominated for both the Emerald Award for Environmental Lifetime Achievement and the OTIS Award for Environmental Stewardship.
Winter won both awards, and has already been presented the Emerald Award at an online ceremony.
Now the sponsors of the OTIS Award, the Battle River Watershed Alliance, will present him with that award at a special Honour Night . . . contd.
