Bay Nature Annual “Local Heroes” Awards Dinner

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Event:
Bay Nature Annual “Local Heroes” Awards Dinner
Start:
March 24, 2013 6:00 pm
End:
March 24, 2013 9:15 pm
Cost:
$125
Category:
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Topic:
Uncategorized
Organizer:
Bay Nature Institute
Phone:
510-528-8550 x205
hikes@baynature.org
Updated:
November 15, 2012
Venue:
Terrace Room, Lake Merritt Hotel
Address:
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1800 Madison Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States

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Peter H. Gleick

Peter H. Gleick

Michael Ellis

Michael Ellis

Click here for photos of Bay Nature’s 2013 Annual Awards dinner

This event honored three local conservation heroes who have made outstanding contributions to  the understanding, protection, and stewardship of the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more about the honorees here.

Featured guests included Peter H. Gleick, President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, and Bay Nature magazine’s “Ask the Naturalist” columnist Michael Ellis of Footloose Forays.

** TICKETS TO THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT. **

Thanks to our Sponsors

Carol Baird & Alan Harper | Christopher & Kathryn Dann

Teresa O’Neill | Sara Sanderson & Eric Weaver | Bart & Nancy Westcott

Clif Bar & Company | Commerce Printing

East Bay Regional Park District | Give Something Back Office Supplies

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Google Inc.

Michael Lee Environmental Foundation

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission | Sonoma County Water Agency

 

Silent Auction Donors

 Adventure Out | Bloom Gardens | Greens Restaurant | Landmark Vineyards

Larner Seeds | Napa Valley Film Festival | The Orchard Hotel | REI

Rubissow Family Wines | San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Save Mount Diablo

Sea Trek Ocean Kayaking | Shibumi Gallery | Sue Johnson Lamps | Suzi Eszterhas | UC Press

 

Honorary Committee

Ralph Benson (Sonoma Land Trust)

Supervisor Keith Carson (Alameda County)

Ellie Cohen (PRBO Conservation Science)

Senator Mark DeSaulnier (California, 7th District)

Robert E. Doyle (East Bay Regional Park District)

Peter Drekmeier (Tuolumne River Trust)

Jenn Fox (Bay Area Open Space Council)

Malcolm Margolin (Heyday Books)

The Hon. George Miller (U.S. Congress, 11th District)

Greg Moore (Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy)

Supervisor Joe Simitian (Santa Clara County)

 

 

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For more information about any of the above, contact judith@baynature.org, or call (510) 528-8550 x205.

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