BASF Professional Vegetation Management Announces 2008 QVM Project Habitat™ Award Winners

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-(Business Wire)-February 10, 2009 - BASF Professional Vegetation Management is excited to congratulate the winners of the 2008 QVM Project Habitat^™ Awards, announced at the third annual awards banquet on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Austin, Texas.

QVM Project Habitat is an annual awards program designed to honor projects that demonstrate the principles and practices of Quality Vegetation Management^™ (QVM). Winning programs represented an outstanding commitment to one or more of the QVM Principals and Practices.

“All sixteen winning projects found a unique way to make a positive environmental change, while meeting the land-use goals,” said Brian Lish, business manager for BASF ProVM. “These projects set a new standard for quality in vegetation management, and we are proud to honor them.”

Winning organizations in each category include:

Forestry

Danny and Sizy Landrum with DonChem
Vinegar Bend, Alabama

Logan and Associates with Drennen Forestry Services, Inc.
Eutaw, Alabama

G&Y Still Partnership with Pineland Improvements
Taylor, Louisiana

Aquatic

Rancho Blanco with Provine Helicopters
Laredo, Texas

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge with Chem-Air, Inc.
Liberty, Texas

Utility

South Mississippi Electric Power Association with Southeast Woodland Services and Progressive Solutions
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

New York Power Authority with Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
Marcy, New York

Amicalola Electric Membership Corporation with Southeast Woodlands
Jasper, Georgia

Invasive Vegetation Management

Georgia Forestry Commission
Macon, Georgia

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Necedah, Wisconsin

The Wilds with Townsend Tree Service
Cumberland, Ohio

Kansas Water Office with Sky Copters, Inc.
Topeka, Kansas

Roadside

Indiana Department of Transportation with Townsend Tree Service
Connersville, Indiana
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Chattanooga, Tennessee

XTO Energy with Industrial Weed Control Co., Inc.
Trinidad, Colorado

Specialty

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline with Northeast Rural Services, Inc.
Joplin, Missouri

For more information on the 2009 QVM Project Habitat Awards or QVM, please visit www.vmanswers.com.

About the QVM Project Habitat Awards

For those of us who perform vegetation management – whether on a roadside, utility right-of-way, aquatic area, public or private land – it is our duty to help make this world a better place. Quality Vegetation Management helps us do just that. Quality Vegetation Management (QVM) is a set of principles that create and sustain healthy habitats through professional, ethical and responsible practices. Sponsored by BASF Professional Vegetation Management (ProVM), the QVM Project Habitat Awards are presented to exceptional vegetation management projects that exemplify the principles and practices of QVM.

About the Crop Protection Division

With sales of €3,079 million in 2006, BASF’s Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com.

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