The Mendota Heights Natural Resources Commission sponsors the Oak Awards Program to celebrate leadership, education/outreach, and project efforts that advance natural resources within the city. The Awards program was created in 2023 by the newly-established Mendota Heights Natural Resources Commission.
The Oak Awards program includes the following annual awards:
• Acorn award – recognizes exemplary youth leadership in the advancement of our city’s natural resources. For example, a youth-led native planting project or education event. Eligible youth include individuals or groups 18 years of age and younger, or a current student in 12th grade or under.
• Leaf award – recognizes significant contributions of an individual, family, company or organization that has demonstrated substantial leadership for the stewardship of our city’s natural resources. For example, a community organization native planting effort with widespread reach or coordination of a neighborhood-wide adopt-a-drain effort.
• Canopy award – recognizes lifetime achievement of an individual, family, company or organization that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership for the stewardship of our city’s natural resources. For example, an individual who has initiated several or successive natural resource stewardship efforts or an organization that leads by example and has worked over time to cultivate natural resource stewardship in the community.
Oak Award Program Information