Jake McCumber, program manager, Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program, highlights conservation achievements at Camp Edwards Training Site Nov. 22, 2024. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service presented his team with the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award.

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - Jake McCumber, Program Manager, Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program, highlights some of the notable achievements in conservation Camp Edwards Training Site has made during a tour of the Base, November 22, 2024. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service presented his team with the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award. The award, established in 2021, recognizes military installations like Camp Edwards that demonstrate outstanding conservation achievements. This award underscores the Massachusetts National Guard’s ongoing efforts to balance military needs with environmental protection.

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - Jake McCumber, Program Manager, Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program, and his team are joined by representatives from the U.S fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Army, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Environmental Management Commission and senior leadership from the Massachusetts National Guard as he accepts the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at a ceremony held on Camp Edwards Training Site here, November 22, 2024. The award, established in 2021, recognizes military installations like Camp Edwards that demonstrate outstanding conservation achievements. This award underscores the Massachusetts National Guard’s ongoing efforts to balance military needs with environmental protection.

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. – Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe, The Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard, provides remarks at a ceremony where the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service presented the Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program with the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award, November 22, 2024. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional Military Conservation Partner award, established in 2021, recognizes military installations like Camp Edwards that demonstrate outstanding conservation achievements. This award underscores the Massachusetts National Guard’s ongoing efforts to balance military needs with environmental protection.

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - Wendi Weber, Northeast Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides remarks at a ceremony where she presented the Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program with the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award, November 22, 2024. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional Military Conservation Partner award, established in 2021, recognizes military installations like Camp Edwards that demonstrate outstanding conservation achievements. This award underscores the Massachusetts National Guard’s ongoing efforts to balance military needs with environmental protection.

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - The Honorable Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment), provides remarks at a ceremony where the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service presented the Massachusetts Army National Guard Natural Resources & Training Lands Program with the 2024 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award, November 22, 2024. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional Military Conservation Partner award, established in 2021, recognizes military installations like Camp Edwards that demonstrate outstanding conservation achievements. This award underscores the Massachusetts National Guard’s ongoing efforts to balance military needs with environmental protection.