Recipients of the Elaine Beals Conservation Award
Elaine Beals was among the founding members of the Southborough Open Land Foundation. She served on the Board of Trustees of SOLF, including holding the position of treasurer for many years. She was dedicated to the preservation of the environment and open space, reinforcing her conservation ethic as a member of the Town of Southborough’s […]
Kevin Sanford Receives 2024 Elaine Beals Award
At SOLF’s May 2028 Annual Meeting, Trustee Debbie Costine presented the 2024 Elaine Beals Conservation Award to Kevin Sanford, a Southborough resident and friend of Whit’s who has transformed Beals Preserve this year – mowing the fields, clearing walls, thinning the woods by the pond, and so much more. Debbie presented the bluebird carved by […]
Allan Bezanson Receives 2023 Elaine Beals Award
Allan Bezanson, long-time Southborough resident, and native of Northborough, has, since his retirement, had a big impact on preservation; first in devoting hundreds of hours to saving the historic Burnett property and since then sharing his stunning photos of beautiful natural sights from Great Blue Herons, to goldfinches to ponds with amazing reflections. It is […]
Jim Gorss Receives 2022 Elaine Beals Award
Jim Gorss, a founding member and longtime Chair of the Stewardship Committee, is being honored for his contributions to our town by the Southborough Open Land Foundation (SOLF) with the 2022 Elaine Beals Conservation Award. Before relocating to Harvard, Jim served on the Stewardship Committee while living and raising his family in Southborough. Throughout his […]
Lisa Braccio Receives 2021 Elaine Beals Award
SOLF is very pleased to have this opportunity to present the 2021 Elaine Beals Conservation Award to Lisa Braccio. For a long time Lisa has worked hard at giving back to the town and the region. To be very honest, several of us thought we had given this award to Lisa years ago and were […]
Kathryn McKee Receives 2020 Elaine Beals Award
Kat McKee is the Chair of the Town of Southborough Trails Committee. After moving to town in 2012, she joined the Stewardship Committee as well as Southborough Trails. As an avid hiker living near the Town Forest, she plunged into clearing trails after a microburst brought down many trees. She also worked with the Stewardship […]
Beth Rosenblum Receives 2019 Elaine Beals Award
Beth Rosenblum was the Conservation Agent for the town of Southborough for over 13 years – now retired. Her door at the Town House was always open for anyone seeking information about conservation issues and open space. She was always eager to help. Her involvement in her home town of Ashland as Chair of its […]
Carl Guyer Receives 2018 Elaine Beals Award
Carl Guyer, at a December 12, 2018 SOLF meeting, receives the annual Elaine Beals award from trustee Sally Watters for his leadership in environmental conservation and awareness. Elaine Beals was among the founding members of the Southborough Open Land Foundation. She served on the Board of Trustees of SOLF for many years. She was […]
2017 Elaine Beals Award Presented to Alan French
Alan French, founder and former chairman of the Bay Circuit Alliance was presented with the 2017 Elaine Beals Conservation Award. Alan has worked tirelessly for over thirty years to reinvigorate the Bay Circuit Trail concept and bring it to completion. An idea first conceived in 1929 by a man named Benton MacKaye, the trail was to […]
2016 Elaine Beals Award to Christa Brady and the Friends of the Burnett-Garfield House
The Elaine Beals Conservation Award is presented annually by SOLF to a person who has worked to help protect the our environment. It was created in 2005 to honor Elaine Beals for her many contributions to conservation and the protection of the environment in Southborough and the region. This year the Southborough Open Land Foundation […]
2015 Elaine Beals Award Presented to Carolyn Dykema
At its annual meeting on May 27, 2015, the Southborough Open Land Foundation presented the eleventh annual Elaine Beals Conservation Award to Representive Carolyn Dykema in recognition of her work on behalf of environmental protection. Ms. Dykema worked as an environmental consultant before becoming involved in local and state politics. She has served in the […]
2014 Elaine Beals Award Presented to Elizabeth Meyer
It is a pleasure to announce that the Southborough Open Land Foundation has chosen Elizabeth Meyer as the recipient of the 2014 Elaine Beals Conservation Award. Betty and her husband Bernie have lived in Southborough for 46 years. During that time, in addition to raising four children, Betty has been very active within the community. […]
2013 Elaine Beals Award Presented to Rhonda Russian
The Elaine Beals Conservation Award was presented to Rhonda Russian at the annual meeting of SOLF on May 7, 2013. The award was given to Rhonda for her 22 years of service on the Southborough Conservation Commission and her work as an attorney for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. State Representative Carolyn Dykema also […]
2012 Elaine Beals Conservation Award Presented to Meme Luttrell
May 29, 2012 SOLF has chosen Meme Luttrell as the very deserving recipient of 2012 Elaine Beals Conservation Award. Meme has been on the Southborough Open Space Preservation Commission for over 10 years, serving as chairman for much of the time. During her tenure, the Commission has fought hard to preserve as much open space […]
2011 Elaine Beals Conservation Award Presented to Richard V. Upjohn
SOLF has chosen Richard V. Upjohn to receive the Elaine Beals Conservation Award for 2011. Dick, who grew up in New York City, developed a love of the outdoors at his family’s summer place in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. His passion for hiking, birding, and mountain climbing was honed at a summer camp […]
