Champion of water, forests lauded for lifetime advocacy

Stroud Water Research director honored for Chesapeake restoration work Bern Sweeney (center) receives the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Forest Champion award. Displaying a handcrafted, wooden bowl with the engraving “Chesapeake Forest Champion 2013,” Sweeney is joined by Al Todd (right), the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s executive director, and the U.S. Forest Service’s Chesapeake Liaison,...