The RACC High School Team from Harwood Union High School was awarded Honorable Mention for the Vermont Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for their project titled "Baseline Stream Flow and Temperature Data for Lozelle and Dowsville Brooks and Proposed Stormwater Improvements for Harwood Union High School". Students Sydney Adams and Kyle Dash worked with their teacher Jeff Robins during the 2015-2016 academic year on RACC research and presented their project poster at the VT EPSCOR Student Research Symposium on March 29, 2016.

An awards ceremony was held on April 28, 2016 at the Vermont State House Cedar Creek Room where the students' work was celebrated with Deborah Markowitz, the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation

Vermont Biz: Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence winners announced