Awards & Honors
| National |
| The NEMO program, comprised of CT NEMO and the National NEMO Network, was awarded the 2008 Water Resources Team Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Outstanding Integrated Program. |
| The Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU) has selected NEMO Co-founder Chet Arnold to receive the Excellence in Extension award in the Northeast Region. Chet is being recognized for his work in co-founding and running the CT NEMO program, the National NEMO Network and CLEAR. He is the first recipient of this award from UConn or even New England. |
| The NEMO Progress Report Puttting Communities in Charge won the 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation. |
| The journal article in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing entitled "Enhanced Outreach Education as a Decision Support System for Local Land Use Officials" won the 2001 ESRI Award for the Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems. |
| National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF): 1998 National Environmental Education Achievement Award - Natural Resources and Land Use category. |
| American Planning Association, Small Town and Rural Planning Division's Award of Excellence: Outstanding Educational Program of 1996. | Regional |
| United State Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Merit Award, April 2000. |
| Northeast Cooperative Extension Director's Award of Excellence, 1994. | State |
| The CT NEMO Program won the 2008 Communications Award from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Plan Association for its set of three interrelated websites focused on Low Impact Development (LID). |
| CT NEMO's Emily Wilson won the 2008 Enironmental Professional Award in recognition of her exemplary efforts to help local land use officials by brining geospatial technology to town hall through the CRI Online and Connecticut's Changing Landscape projects. The award was given by the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District. |
| 2006 Public Outreach and Engagement Award, University of Connecticut (first time award has ever been given). |
| 2005 Environmental Leadership Award (to CLEAR), University of Connecticut |
| University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Excellence in Outreach Education Award. - The NEMO Team, May 2000. |
| American Society of Landscape Architects, Connecticut Chapter. 2000 Olmsted Award. - Jim Gibbons, March 2000. |
| The Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, River Conservationist of the Year - Chester Arnold & Jim Gibbons: Project NEMO, May 1998. |
American Planning Association, Connecticut - Chapter's Outstanding Planning Program of 1997. |
Local |
| Middlesex County Soil & Water Conservation - District's Outstanding Municipal Program of 1997. |