Joni Johnson recipient of 2018 Hakala Award

The Tongass National Forest recently announced that Joni Johnson of the Petersburg Ranger District is the recipient of the Alaska Region's 2018 Hakala Award for Conservation Education and Interpretation, making her the regional nominee for the National Gifford Pinchot award. Joni received her Hakala award at the National Association of Interpreters (NAI) annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana this fall. Joni uses her passion of teaching to create effective and original interpretive and conservation education programs. Joni received the award because of the quality and quantity of the prog...