CONWAY — U.S. Forest Service personnel joined Saco District Ranger Jim Innes on Monday in North Conway in presenting a Citizen Stewardship and Partnerships Volunteer and Service Award to Home Depot store manager Brad Bousquet and his employees.
The award recognizes the store’s assistance in restoring the historic Bartlett Lodge on the Bartlett Experimental Forest over the past two years.
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