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iu> eigiiui ytjctr, honors individuals who have made substantial and inspirational contributions to river conservation. That someone is getting the award isn’t unusual - that Dr. Comp is getting it is: He is the first federal employee to receive the award since its inception in 2002.
“Dr. T Allan Comp successfully uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring hope to rural communities affected economically and environmentally from coal extraction in Appalachia”, said Katherine Luscher, Program Director at River Network. “Allan truly epitomizes the spirit and intent of the award, and we are thrilled to honor him for all he has done to artfully transform an environmental liability into community assets.”
An employee of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. Comp lives in Woodville and is a member of RappFLOW.
He works through the ACCWT and the WHWT to support the efforts of small c o m m unity /watershed groups in mining communities of Appalachia and the Rockv Mountains.
The ACCWT and the WHWT are coalitions of grassroots-level groups created to repair the environmental degradation left by historic coal mining while creat
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