The 2022 Chicago Audubon Society Environmental Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday September 24th at the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center in the Forest Preserves of Cook County overlooking the Edgebrook Golf Course. Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center is located at 6100 North Central Avenue Chicago, IL 60646.

Schedule as follows:

7:30 am - 8:45 am Optional Bird Walk along the lower North Branch Forest Preserves. Meet in the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center parking lot.

9:00 am Registration & Silent Auction open. Buffet Brunch to be served. (Vegan and Gluten-free options available)

9:30 am CAS Environmental Awards presentation.

10:30 am Program presented by Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 5. Canary in the Coal Mine: What Animal and Plant Communities Tell Us about the State of the Environment

Chicago Audubon Society Environmental Awards will be presented to:

̈ Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Broadcast: Bob Dolgan

̈ Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Print: Patty Wetli

̈ The Craig Stettner Award for Environmental Education: Birds in My Neighborhood, Openlands

̈ Protector of the Environment - Political Advocacy: Southeast Environmental Task Force

̈ Protector of the Environment - Political Service: Alfred Saucedo

̈ Protector of the Environment - Single Act (Individual): Tamima Itani

̈ Protector of the Environment – Avocation: Dennis and Linda Marton

̈ Protector of the Environment - Avocation (Group): Piping Plover Monitors

̈ Protector of the Environment – Vocation: Louise Clemency

̈ First Friend of Chicago Audubon: Nancy Bradt and Laury Lewis

̈ Young Environmentalist: Simon Tolzmann

If you have suggestions for 2023 awardees, please contact Alan Anderson at casresearch@comcast.net.

For event registration questions contact Monica at officemanager@chicagoaudubon.org.