The National Audubon Society awarded Floridian Deborah Green the William Dutcher Award for the Southeast during its biennial convention in Milwaukee. This prestigious award acknowledges conservation volunteers in Audubon whose creativity and leadership are a model for others. Green has been a champion in Central Florida for habitat protection and energy efficiency and has served for twenty years as a member of Orange Audubon Society, including six years as president.
Among the many accomplishments for which she was recognized:
William Dutcher was a prominent amateur ornithologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and, in 1905, was appointed the first President of the National Audubon Society. The William Dutcher Award was created in his honor to recognize outstanding volunteer service by Audubon leaders that result in bird conservation at scale. As beneficiaries of Dutcher's legacy, Audubon members can be proud to emulate him.
Audubon Florida's Conservation Leadership Initiative (CLI) is a unique, intergenerational experience uniting Audubon’s leaders with some of the state’s best and brightest college students. CLI includes co-mentoring opportunities for Audubon leaders and college students in order to network, share, and learn from each other.
The North Shore Birding Festival on Lake Apopka in Central Florida invites birders from near and far who wish to learn more from well-known, knowledgeable birding guides. The festival runs January 16-20, 2020.
The North Shore Birding Festival on Lake Apopka invites birders from near and far who wish to learn more from well-known, knowledgeable birding guides.[/caption]
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