Benton County Stormwater Educator Honored with 2016 Tatom Award
By U of A System Division of Agriculture
Her love of Arkansas and ability to work toward long term goals has helped earn Trish Ouei the 2016 Ginger Tatom Award from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
Ouei (pronounced “WAY”), a Benton County extension service urban stormwater educator for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was presented the honor on Friday at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality/Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Watershed Conference Awards in Eureka Springs.
The award was named for Ginger Tatom, an Arkansas Department of Health employee who was instrumental in forming and planning the former Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group, who died of cancer in 2003. This award, a memorial to her legacy, was created to honor a professional who exemplifies extraordinary dedication to work in conserving and protecting Arkansas’s water.
