ASLA Honors
LaG asse M eda l - La n d s ca p e A rchi t ec t
Stuart Weinreb
“To recognize notable contributions to the management and
conservancy of natural resources and/or public landscapes.”
“I feel fortunate to have been given
the opportunity to work with many
extraordinary individuals to protect
and enhance a number of significant
sites in Massachusetts, and I’m deeply
gratified to have helped facilitate
appreciation, accessibility, and
interpretation of these important
landscapes for the general public.
This recognition by the ASLA is a great
honor.” Stu Weinreb
“Throughout his career he has sought to manage projects that
fit within their natural surroundings, to the benefit of both landscapes and people.”
Henry Tepper, Mass Audubon President
To recognize notable contributions to the
management and conservancy of natural
resources and/or public landscapes
and has been given this year to Stuart
Weinreb. While he started his career in
the private sector, Stu went on to spend 17
years with the Massachusetts Department
of Environmental Management (now
Department of Conservation and Recreation)
and now oversees planning and construction of major Mass Audubon sanctuary
projects, with an emphasis on energy
conservation and sustainability.
Important projects he led during his time
with the Commonweath included restorations of parks as diverse as Mt. Greylock,
the Boston Harbor Islands and Walden
Pond. With Stu’s sensitivity to the historic
values associated with Walden, he led
projects that created a more natural
condition consistent with its environmental
legacy. His commitment to the public’s right
translated into solutions that balanced
historic interests with those of visitors. He
has continued to provide leadership via
the Walden Pond State Reservation Board
of Directors, where he has served for the
past ten years.
At Mass Audubon for the past nine years,
he has applied all of his landscape
architecture skills to the planning for, the
restoration of, and the continuing
stewardship of the 34,000 acres in Mass
Audubon’s portfolio, along with the 250
structures that reside in these significant
cultural and ecological landscapes.
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