This year we will have the special privilege of presenting the inaugural Houston Wilderness Wild Life Award. Houston Wilderness has developed this award to honor those who make significant contributions to protecting, preserving and raising awareness of the 10 precious ecoregions in the 24-county Greater Houston region. Our desire is to present the inaugural Wild Life Award to the George P. Mitchell Legacy to highlight George Mitchell’s extraordinary foresight in combining corporate interests with environmental stewardship, significantly enhancing conservation throughout our region. His legacy lives on through his family and countless others whom he inspired, and we have reached out to his family to propose this most deserved honor.