Environmental Awards - 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