2016 Local Hero Award Winner for Conservation Action
For more than 25 years, Andrea Mackenzie has been an effective and passionate leader for open space protection in the Bay Area, working at the intersection of urban and open...
Bay Nature Local Heroes
2016 Local Hero Award Winner for Environmental Education
Thanks to Allen Fish's passionate and dedicated leadership, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory is a recognized leader in both raptor research and the rapidly growing field of citizen science.
First Person: Environmental Education Award Winner Julia Clothier
Julia Clothier has won Bay Nature's Environmental Education Local Hero Award for her work as director of the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.
First Person: Conservation Action Award Winner Ralph Benson
Ralph Benson has won Bay Nature's Conservation Action Local Hero Award for his conservation work at the Trust for Public Land and Sonoma Land Trust.
First Person: Youth Engagement Award Winner Javier Ochoa Reyes
Javier Ochoa Reyes has won Bay Nature's Local Hero Youth Engagement award for his work at Groundwork Richmond, where he teaches high school-age youth about the importance of trees in...
Javier Ochoa Reyes, Groundwork Richmond
Every year, Bay Nature Institute selects three people whose extraordinary work on behalf of conservation and environmental education in the Bay Area warrants special recognition and appreciation. This year’s Local...
Julia Clothier, Point Reyes National Seashore Association
Every year, Bay Nature Institute selects three people whose extraordinary work on behalf of conservation and environmental education in the Bay Area warrants special recognition and appreciation. This year’s Local...
Ralph Benson, Sonoma Land Trust
Every year, Bay Nature Institute selects three people whose extraordinary work on behalf of conservation and environmental education in the Bay Area warrants special recognition and appreciation. This year’s Local...
Meet Bay Nature’s 2015 Local Heroes
Bay Nature Institute announces the three recipients of its 2015 "Local Hero" Awards.
First Person: Environmental Education Award Winner Liam O’Brien
The architect of urban butterfly habitat projects like Tigers on Market Street and the Green Hairstreak Corridor, and the restoration of Mission blues on Twin Peaks, Liam O’Brien is a...
