DTE Energy Receives Certification, Recognition -- Including Inaugural Prairies for Tomorrow Award -- from the Wildlife Habitat C
02 12월 2008 - 2:43AM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy's wildlife habitat
programs earned significant recognition last week at the Wildlife
Habitat Council's (WHC) 20th Annual Symposium, 20/20 Vision:
Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future. Habitat programs at
six DTE Energy facilities received WHC certification for the first
time, five other programs were recertified. In addition, the Monroe
Power Plant received special recognition as recipient of the
inaugural Prairies for Tomorrow award and the MichCon Mt. Pleasant
Service Center received a nomination for Rookie of the Year honors.
"While we appreciate the recognition that accompanies the
certifications and awards, the true payoff for our efforts is
seeing the land returned to its natural condition and seeing the
wildlife re-inhabit the area," said Skiles Boyd, DTE Energy vice
president, environmental management and resources. "It also is
gratifying to see that the hard work and commitment by our
employees -- who contribute hundreds of volunteer hours every year
-- is appreciated and recognized as being successful." The new
Prairies for Tomorrow Award is presented jointly by the Wildlife
Habitat Council and Pheasants Forever. It recognizes corporate
wildlife habitat projects, specifically prairie restoration
projects. Prairies are home to myriad wildlife species, including
pheasants, quail and a variety of endangered birds and other
animals. Prairies also remove and store carbon from the atmosphere,
conserve soil resources, and filter water run-off. Prairies are the
fastest disappearing ecosystem on the planet. In 2007, in
partnership with, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pheasants
Forever, and Monroe Public Schools, a team of Monroe Power Plant
employees spearheaded the restoration 57 acres of farmland to
prairie and 5 acres to wetland to create habitat for local and
migratory wildlife populations. This wildlife habitat area is
located south of the power plant on property which is used, in
part, for ash disposal. The site allows direct access for students
taking classes nearby at the Monroe Public Schools' Charles &
June Knabusch Mathematics & Science Center. Student activities
on the site include class projects, monitoring plant and animal
populations and habitat management. Also at the symposium, habitat
programs at six new DTE Energy sites received certification by WHC.
The addition of those six sites brings the total number of
WHC-certified programs at DTE Energy facilities to 18, moving the
company into the 4th position in total number of sites with
WHC-certified programs. The newly certified sites are: -- MichCon
Allen Road Service Center, Melvindale. -- MichCon Belle River Mills
Compressor Station, East China Township. -- MichCon Grayling
Service Center, Grayling. -- MichCon Michigan Avenue Service
Center, Ypsilanti. -- MichCon Mt. Pleasant Service Center, Mt.
Pleasant. -- DTE Energy Washington 10 Compressor Station,
Washington Township. Sites earning recertification are: -- DTE
Energy headquarters complex, Detroit. -- Detroit Edison Fermi 2
Power Plant, Newport. -- Detroit Edison Greenwood Energy Center,
Greenwood Township. -- Detroit Edison Harbor Beach Power Plant,
Harbor Beach. -- W.C. Taggart Compressor Station, Six Lakes. DTE
Energy is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in
the development and management of energy-related businesses and
services nationwide. Its largest operating units are Detroit
Edison, an electric utility serving 2.2 million customers in
Southeastern Michigan, and MichCon, a natural gas utility serving
1.3 million customers in Michigan. The DTE Energy portfolio of
businesses also includes non-utility energy businesses focused on
power and industrial projects, coal and gas midstream,
unconventional gas production and energy trading. In 2006, DTE
Energy posted revenues of approximately $9 billion. Information
about DTE Energy is available at http://www.dteenergy.com/.
DATASOURCE: DTE Energy CONTACT: Lorie Kessler, +1-313-235-8807, or
John Austerberry, +1-313-235-8859, both of DTE Energy Web site:
http://www.dteenergy.com/
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