John Beal's ACCOMPLISHMENTS/AWARDS

1. 1991 "Making A Difference" Project Environmental Volunteers Award, KING 5 television
2. 1992 United States/United Nations Environmental Programs Award, Washington DC
3. 1993 The "Giraffe Project" Award
4. "Seattle Audubon Society Environmentalist" Award
5. "Hero for Today" Award,  Readers Digest Magazine
6. "Hero for Today" article in Readers Digest Magazine
7. "Pacific Northwest" magazine article
8. "Crime Stomp" award, crime prevention
9. 1994 "Jefferson Award" nominee
10. "Gene Carteldge Excellence in Environmental Education Award" nominee
11. The Waterfront Center’s "Excellence on the Waterfront Clearwater Award"  national award
12. 1995 "Festival of the River’s Stewardship" Award
13. Rivers Council of Washington " Certificate of Merit" Award
14. King County Parks System "Certificate of Appreciation" Award
15. Green/Duwamish Watershed Alliance "Hero Award"
16. White Center Youth Task Force Volunteer Award
17. King County World Conservation Corps "Uniting the World to Restore the Earth" Award
18. "E-chievement Award"   National Public Radio award
19. Participated in the United States Agency for International Development  USAID program
20. 1996 The "Garamendi Gumption Award" Deputy Secretary of the Interior  Washington DC,
21. Rivers Council of Washington "Certificate of Merit" Award
22. Concord Elementary School awards and  the "John Beal/Albert Einstein Memorial Gardens"
23. 1997 "Certificate of Recognition" King Conservation District
24. 1998 "The Princess Aneline Award" Duwamish Tribe Certificate of Honor
25. Succeeded in creating the "Outdoor Environmental Classroom" (series of 5 habitat ponds with interpretive signs on a 1/2 mile nature trail)
26. Succeeded in creating two national award winning habitat  parks on the Duwamish River
27. Succeeded in requisition &  restoration of  an old sewage treatment plant into a 3.5 acre native wetland and thriving wild salmon fishery
28. Instigated action to daylight Hamm Creek at City Light North 7.5 acre site
29. Instigated action to daylight  Lost Fork of Hamm Creek at Marra Farm 5 acre site
30. Creator of "Bio Check" a system of bio remediation of toxic substances on water surfaces
31. Licensed animal rehabilitation facility (over 200 animals a year)
32. Media coverage: numerous TV appearances/interviews, radio interviews over 50 newspaper magazine articles, featured in 3 published books, 2 educational CD’s, videos used by schools.
33. Conduct educational tours of all projects ( 1,000-3,000 participants a year)
34. The Burke Museum Exhibit "Reaching Home, Pacific Salmon, Pacific People" 1994-1995
35. Seattle Zoo Exhibit "Touch the Earth" 1997-1998
36. Seattle University and Western Washington University intership programs
37. Exhibit at the Seattle’s "Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center" 1998
38. Member - Environmental Education Association of Washington
39. Member - North American Association for Environmental Education
40. 1999 International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs