BASF Professional Vegetation Management Announces 2006 QVM(R) Project Habitat(TM) Award Winners

BASF Professional Vegetation Management is excited to congratulate the winners of the 2006 QVM Project Habitat Awards, announced at the first annual awards banquet on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in Orlando, FL. The QVM Project Habitat Awards is an annual awards program designed to honor projects that demonstrate the principles and practices of Quality Vegetation Management™ (QVM). Winning programs represented an outstanding commitment to restoring habitat, applying herbicide responsibly and protecting threatened and endangered species. Winning organizations in each category include: Forestry - Government or Non-Profit Lands The Boy Scouts of America with Jeff Neil Timberland Management and Summit Helicopters Utility - Investor owned Commonwealth Edison Vegetation Management Department Roadside Calhoun County Highway Department (AL) Specialty – Other Fifth Louisiana Levee District Invasive Vegetation Management on Government or Non-Profit lands (TIE) Kidder County Weed Control and Socorro Soil and Water with North Star Helicopters Aquatic - Private Land Managers The Lower Platte Weed Management Area with Chem-Trol Forestry – Non-Industrial Private Landowners Barnett and Edna King Utility - Cooperative Duck River Electric with Progressive Solutions and Southeast Woodlands Invasive Vegetation Management on Private lands Toledo Manufacturing with Kennedy Timber Specialty - University/Educational Research Purdue University Aquatic - Government or Non-Profit lands (TIE) The South Texas Refuges Complex with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and North Star Helicopters and Willapa National Wildlife Refuge with Western Helicopter Other participants receiving awards as finalists include: KAMO Power with Northeastern Rural Services Duke Energy with Superior Forestry Buckeye Electric with Townsend Tree City of Port St. Lucie with Aquatic Vegetation Control Georgia Department of Transportation Arkansas Valley Electric Coop with Superior Forestry Cameron County Drainage District No. 5 with North Star Helicopters City of Brownsville with North Star Helicopters South Carolina Department of Natural Resources with Professional Lake Management and Summit Helicopters Sedgwick County Weed Control with Chem-trol/VMS "We were very impressed by the excellent entries we received,” said Tim Knight, business manager for BASF ProVM. "This was a great opportunity for people to share their vegetation management projects and successes with each other and reward the projects that displayed the best in QVM practices.” For more information on the 2007 QVM Project Habitat Awards or QVM, please visit www.vmanswers.com. About the QVM Project Habitat Awards For those of us who perform vegetation management – whether on a roadside, utility right-of-way, public or private land – it is our duty to help make this world a better place. Quality Vegetation Management helps us do just that. Quality Vegetation Management (QVM) is a set of principles that create and sustain healthy habitats through professional, ethical and responsible practices. Now, there's a program designed to recognize and reward QVM efforts. Sponsored by BASF Professional Vegetation Management (ProVM), the QVM Project Habitat Awards are presented to exceptional vegetation management projects that exemplify the principles and practices of QVM. BASF: Helping Make Products Better™ With sales of €3,298 million in 2005, BASF’s Agricultural Products division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF’s Agricultural Products division is to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com. BASF: The Chemical Company BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually all industries, BASF’s intelligent system solutions and high-value products help its customers to be more successful. BASF develops new technologies and uses them to open up additional market opportunities. It combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, thus contributing to a better future. BASF has over 95,000 employees and posted sales of more than €42.7 billion (approximately $50.4 billion) in 2005. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com. Always read and follow label directions. QVM is a registered trademark of BASF. Project Habitat is a trademark of BASF. ©2007 BASF Corporation. All rights reserved.