Hull man wins environmental award

HULL - The Gulf of Maine Council, a US-Canadian partnership of government and nongovernment organizations whose focus is maintaining and enhancing the quality of the Gulf of Maine, has honored Hull resident Lawry Reid with its annual Longard Volunteer Award.

Reid founded the Straits Pond Watershed Association in 2000 and serves as its president. Straits Pond is a 100-acre coastal saltwater body that is part of the Weir River Estuary.

Lawry and fellow Straits Pond Watershed Association members have been involved in a regional wetland restoration project that will restore fish and invertebrate habitat as well as improve conditions for wading and diving birds.

CHRISTINE LEGERE