All Chicago Audubon Society (CAS) members are encouraged to join us as we honor people and organizations who have made valuable contributions to conservation, the protection of migratory birds and other wildlife, and have helped to conserve, preserve and enhance the varied habitats and open spaces of the greater Chicago region.
5:00 to 6:00 p.m. - Social Time (Cash bar available all evening)
6:00 p.m - Family style Dinner (Chicken, fish, and a number of vegetarian choices will be served at each table)
7:30 p.m. - Awards and Program
$40 for Dinner and entire evening events
$5 to attend Awards and Program only. (Arrive at 7:30 p.m.)
The 2019 Chicago Audubon Environmental Award Recipients:
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The Craig Stettner Award for Environmental Education:
Dr. Sylvia Jenkins, President, Moraine Valley Community College
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Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Broadcast:
Jerome McDonnell, WBEZ “Worldview”
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Protector of the Environment – Political Advocacy:
Friends of the Forest Preserve
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Protector of the Environment – Single Act, Individual:
Jerry Goldner, CAS Photo Contest, Facebook group and page administrator
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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
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Protector of the Environment – Vocation:
Howard A. Learner, Environmental Law and Policy Center
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Protector of the Environment – Group:
Orland Grasslands Stewards and Volunteers
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First Friend of Chicago Audubon:
Pat Durkin, Wooded Island/Paul H. Douglas Nature Sanctuary Bird Walks
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Service to Chicago Area Birders:
Greg Neise, Web Developer, American Birding Association; Administrator, Illinois Facebook Birding Groups; Illinois Birder’s Forum founder
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Young Environmentalist:
Oliver Burrus, Whimbrel Birders Club
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Following dinner and the Presentation of Awards, a brief CAS annual Members meeting and board member election will be convened.
The program for the evening will be presented by Mr. Jerome McDonnell host of WBEZ Worldview: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Birds." Jerome will talk about his own development as a nature lover and changing philosophy about covering environmental topics. He will also share his perspective on advocacy work from his years of radio conversations.