Environmental Awards - 2019

Group photo of award recipients, April 2019

Group photo of award recipients, April 2019

The 2019 Chicago Audubon Environmental Award Recipients

  • The Craig Stettner Award for Environmental Education: Dr. Sylvia Jenkins, President, Moraine Valley Community College

  • Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Broadcast: Jerome McDonnell, WBEZ “Worldview”

  • Protector of the Environment – Political Advocacy: Friends of the Forest Preserve

  • Protector of the Environment – Single Act, Individual: Jerry Goldner, CAS Photo Contest, Facebook group and page administrator

  • Protector of the Environment – Avocation: Jerry Herst and Julie Dorfman, Stewards, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary, Evanston

  • Ted Jindrich and Alycia Kluenenberg, Stewards, Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago

  • Protector of the Environment – Vocation: Howard A. Learner, Environmental Law and Policy Center

  • Protector of the Environment – Group: Orland Grasslands Stewards and Volunteeers

  • First Friend of Chicago Audubon: Pat Durkin, Wooded Island/Paul H. Douglas Nature Sanctuary Bird Walks

  • Service to Chicago Area Birders: Greg Neise, Web Developer, American Birding Association; Administrator, Illinois Facebook Birding Groups; Illinois Birder’s Forum founder

  • Young Environmentalist: Oliver Burrus, Whimbrel Birders Club

Header photo: Joshua J. Cotten, Unsplash