Patrick J. McManus
Nominating Agency: Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Over his long career as a conservationist, Patrick J. McManus played a central role in the early growth and development of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority as well as others in Eastern Ontario. Pat has always been a strong advocate for "conservation by the people". He was always in the thick of things, championing the need for a provincial organization for the Conservation Authorities, seeing it as the only way to gain the critical mass and lobbying strength necessary to counter non-conservation interests. The education building at the Baxter Conservation Area was named the P.J McManus Interpretive Centre in 1990 because of Pat’s life-long passion for teaching young people about the environment.

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