The CMA is delighted to announce the presentation of a new award focussing on creating magic within our woodlands.
The search is underway to find the most deserving project, initiative or innovative practice that has made or is making an outstanding contribution to the conservation, management or community/educational use of woodland for the George Mist ‘Woodland Magic’ Award.
2025 will be the first presentation of this new award, which will thereafter be presented annually, with the ‘trophy’ being passed to the next recipient. George Mist was made an Honorary Fellow of the CMA for his many decades of stalwart work within woodlands, with communities and for his unwavering encouragement and support to fellow rangers, especially the younger generation. The trophy has been crafted by George himself to award to those who follow in his footsteps.
The Award is a way of acknowledging the hard work and commitment of people who contribute to protecting, enhancing and promoting the UK’s woodland. Each year CMA will look for a person or a group of people for whom sharing their knowledge, skills, experience and enthusiasm has resulted in an exceptional contribution to the management of woodland within the countryside or urban greenspace of the UK. Let’s showcase the amazing woodland work that we all know takes place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
If you would like to submit an entry for 2025 please complete and return the nomination form (link below) by midnight on Sunday 12 October.
How to apply for the inaugural George Mist Award for Woodland Magic
You can nominate a person or organisation that you feel deserves to be the winner of the Award, or you can put forward one of your own projects.
Nominations are welcome for/from:
- Employers
- Other organisations/groups
- Volunteers
- Individual countryside management staff
