2006 4th Annual David Morehouse Memorial Award

Pipher Honored for Dedication and Leadership

For her tireless devoted to the Cayuga Lake Watershed, Judy Pipher of Seneca Falls received the 2006 David Morehouse Award from Claire Morehouse, in memory of her later husband, during celebrations at Lakefest. Pipher's accomplishments are many ranging from being a founding Director of the Watershed Network, to keeping our website up to date as webmaster, to being founder and committee chair for the Essay Contest, to outreach committee member and former chair, to organizer of events... the list could go on and on. Since the inception of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Pipher has demonstrated her dedication to this watershed through leadership and action. She is always ready with ideas, energy, follow through and criticism when it is warranted.

Judy and Claire Morehouse

Nominations for Pipher had these words of praise. “Judy is a watershed activist and a watershed leader. Her actions speak as loud or louder than her words. She does make a difference in our watershed. This is an accomplishment all the more impressive I believe because she first came to the organization as a ‘regular’ watershed citizen, with no training in environmental science or issues, just a love of the lake and a desire to be part of the movement that will preserve the watershed for generations to come.”

“She is always active, always thinking, always questioning, always willing to do anything and everything that is needed to make things happen. If some of us go the extra mile, then Judy goes the extra mile and then some, always…”

“(Pipher is) a woman whose energy and dedication to the organization and to the Cayuga watershed were immediately evident to me. She inspired me to get involved with the organization right away, and she has been a large part of the reason that I and other watershed citizens remain committed to the Network and everything it tries to do.”

The criteria for this award are:

• A minimum of five years of actively working to restore and protecte the water resources of the Cayuga Lake Watershed.
• Leadership in an endeavor that has lasting benefit.

A nominee may be an individual, group or business and it is not necessary for the nominee to live in the watershed. The award is announced each year in August at the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network’s Annual meeting, known as Lakefest.

If you know of someone deserving of the Morehouse Award, submit a nomination by July 15. Details are available online and from the Watershed Network office upon request.