NorthWoods’ Jayson Benoit, right, presents Ross Morgan, center, with the 2013 George Buzzell Forest Stewardship Award, with the help of Buzzell’s daughter, Rebecca Brown, left. - photo from Northwoods.

NorthWoods’ Jayson Benoit, right, presents Ross Morgan, center, with the 2013 George Buzzell Forest Stewardship Award, with the help of Buzzell’s daughter, Rebecca Brown, left. - photo from Northwoods.

We just came to realize that Craftsbury Outdoor Center member/neighbor and Hosmer Ponds Watershed Initiative member Ross Morgan was honored last month by the great folks from East Charleston's Northwoods Stewardship Center. Ross is the inaugural recipient of the George Buzzell Forest Stewardship Award. The award recognizes extraordinary commitment to the sustainable management of forests in the Northeast Kingdom. Read the full story at Northwoods' site.