redcockaded
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| Location | Dallas, Texas, United States |
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| Introduction | Founder of: Texas Committee on Natural Resources; Texas League of Conservation Voters; Natural Area Preservation Association, a Texas land trust with over 80 nature preserves. First president of Dallas County Audubon Society. Numerous awards received including: 1970 National American Motors Conservation Award; 1975 Oak Leaf Award of the Natural Conservancy; 1978 Feinstone Foundation Award for outstanding environmentalist; 1985 Sierra Club National Achievement Award; 1990 Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award (by President George H. W. Bush); 1992 Conservation Forester of the Year Award by Sportsmen Conservationists of Texas; 1993 Merit Award, Texas Organization for Endangered Species; 1994 Environmental Excellence Award, CEED; 1996 Potter Award for endangered species conservation, TOES; 1998 Excellence in Environmental Awareness, League of Women Voters of Texas; 1999 Texas Audubon Society Centennial Award; 2001 Award by Big Thicket Association for contributions for establishing the Big Thicket National Preserve, 2001 National Wildlife Federation National Conservation Achievement Award. |
| Interests | Environment, Ecology, Sustainability, Population, Wildlife, Nature, Forests, Birds |
| Favorite books | Author of three books: award-winning Sterile Forest, Eakin Press, 1983; Realms of Beauty, University of Texas Press, 1986 (revised); Clearcutting: A Crime Against Nature, Eakin Press, 1989. Authored numerous conservation and nature articles for magazines and other media. |