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News media contact: Monte Turner, 503-986-0195Spirit of the Oregon Plan Awards presented Oct. 27 in Seaside Pat Holliday was among 11 recipients from throughout Oregon honored for their work to protect and improve streams, lakes and watersheds at a luncheon in Seaside. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board presented the Spirit of the Oregon Plan Awards during the state agency’s biennial conference. “We are pleased to recognize the exemplary work and leadership of these dedicated people,” said Tom Byler, OWEB executive director. Holliday, a John Day resident, is the Grant County Soil & Water Conservation District programs assistant. “Pat’s ground level knowledge of the people and the natural resources industry in Grant County makes her particularly suited to assist local residents in finding solutions to their watershed restoration challenges,” said Karen Leiendecker, OWEB program representative who nominated her for the award. The Grant SWCD hired Pat in 1995. As programs assistant, she has managed project funding, reports and final reports and tracked key event dates for over 40 projects at any one time. Holliday has been very active in promoting the district’s conservation programs in the community. Holliday has been a point of contact for students conducting resource research project and has been active in local outdoor schools for younger students. “Pat and her family run their cattle operation with conservation in mind,” Leiendecker said. Her family ranch originally developed and installed the “lay-flat stanchion” irrigation structure concept in use by the Grant SWCD and others throughout the Pacific Northwest. OWEB projects support the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds that emphasizes private, voluntary actions to restore wild salmon populations. OWEB is a state agency led by a policy oversight board. The agency provides grants and services to citizen groups, organizations and agencies working to restore healthy watersheds in Oregon. Funding comes from the Oregon Lottery as a result of a citizen initiative in 1998, sales of salmon license plates, federal salmon funds and other sources.  Pat Holliday, second from right, receives a Spirit of the Oregon Plan Award from OWEB Board co-chair Dan Heagerty, right. Also pictured, from left: Tom Byler, OWEB executive director, and Jane O'Keeffe, OWEB Board
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