Attendees listen to the Military Conservation Partner Award ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., August 14, 2023. Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst was named the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 19th Annual Military Conservation Partner Award for its outstanding contributions to natural resource management. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Iris MacIlvaine)

Col. Michael Stefanovic, 87th Civil Engineer Commander, accepts the Military Conservation Partner Award on behalf of Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst from Sharon Marino, assistant regional director for the Service’s Ecological Service’s program in the Northeast on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., August 14, 2023. Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst was named the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 19th Annual Military Conservation Partner Award for its outstanding contributions to natural resource management (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Iris MacIlvaine)

The group poses after accepting the Military Conservation Partner Award from Sharon Marino, assistant regional director for the Service’s Ecological Service’s program in the Northeast on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., August 14, 2023. Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst was named the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 19th Annual Military Conservation Partner Award for its outstanding contributions to natural resource management (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Iris MacIlvaine)