BASF Professional Vegetation Management Announces 2007 QVM(TM) Project Habitat(TM) Award Winners.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Professional Vegetation Management is excited to congratulate the winners of the 2007 QVM QVM Quake Virtual Machine QVM Quality Viewing Metric QVM Qualified Majority Voting (EU) QVM Quad Input Voltage Controlled Mixer Project Habitat Awards, announced at the second annual awards banquet on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Peachtree City, Georgia Peachtree City (zip code 30269) is a city in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. One of the newest planned cities in Georgia, Peachtree City was chartered on March 9, 1959. Founded in 1979 as Peachtree City Development Corp. . The QVM Project Habitat Awards is an annual awards program designed to honor projects that demonstrate the principles and practices of Quality Vegetation Management([TM]) (QVM). Winning programs represented an outstanding commitment to one or more of the QVM Principals and Practices. Winning organizations in each category include: [TABLE OMITTED] Official finalists also recognized at the awards banquet include: * American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. with Asplundh/Arborchem - Charleston, West Virginia Not to be confused with Charles Town, West Virginia. Charleston is the capital of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 53,421. * Anthony Timberland with CustomAir - Bearden, Arkansas Bearden is a city in Ouachita County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,125 at the 2000 census. Geography Bearden is located at (33.725975, -92.617465)GR1. * Arkansas Valley Electric with Superior Forestry Service, Inc. - Ozark, Arkansas Ozark is the county seat of Franklin County, ArkansasGR6. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,525 at the 2000 census. It is named for the Ozarks, the mountain range in which it is situated. * Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located 90 miles (145 km) north of Las Vegas, Nevada. The refuge was created on June 18, 1984. with North Star Helicopters, Inc. - Amargosa, Nevada * Ben Foster with Spray Max, Inc. - Shreveport, Louisiana * Central Nebraska Public Power with North Star Helicopters, Inc. - Gothenburg, Nebraska * Duette Preserve/Manatee County with Applied Aquatic Management - Duette, Florida * Energy United with Osmose Utilities Services - Statesville, North Carolina Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,320 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Iredell CountyGR6. * First Energy Cuyahoga with Asplundh Tree Expert Company - Akron, Ohio * First Energy with Nelson Tree Service - Akron, Ohio * Georgia Pacific MAP with Robbins Forestry, Inc. - Palatka, Florida * Florida Division of Forestry with Horizon Applicators - Carrabelle, Florida * Neeley Family Timberland with T&M Aviation - Camden, Arkansas * Palm Beach County with Aquatic Vegetation Control - West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida. According to the University of Florida's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 107,617. * Mississippi Coastal Plain RC&D with Progressive Solutions - Wiggins, Mississippi * Patterson Farm with Chemical Weed Control - Brownfield, Texas * Varn Timber with Kennedy Timber - Waycross, Georgia "Now that we're entering our third year of the awards, it is encouraging to see interest in QVM and the awards program growing," said Tim Knight, business manager for BASF ProVM. "The QVM Certified Applicators and end users that have participated in the program have been able to showcase the use of QVM principles and practices, and how those actions improved the results of their vegetation management programs." For more information on the 2008 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, 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. There is a program designed to recognize and reward QVM efforts. 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. BASF - The Chemical Company. We don't make a lot of the products you buy. 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