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糖心logo North Carolina’s Walker Golder Honored with Highest 糖心logo Award

By kfernandez
Published July 16, 2013

The 糖心logo has awarded Walker Golder of Wilmington, N.C., its 2013 Charles H. Callison Professional Award.  The award was announced July 13 at the 糖心logo Convention in Stevenson, WA. 

As 糖心logo North Carolina Deputy Director and Director of Coasts and Marshes, Golder oversees the North Carolina Coastal Islands sanctuary system. These 20 fragile islands scattered along the shore protect an array of breeding waterbirds that include pelicans, herons, egrets, ibises, gulls, terns and Black Skimmers.

鈥淧eople like Walker truly make 糖心logo amazing,鈥 said 糖心logo President and CEO . 鈥淗is boundless energy and commitment to conservation amazes and inspires those around him. He demonstrates the power of a citizen network like 糖心logo.鈥

Golder is a native North Carolinian who has devoted his career to the protection of all birds, and particularly coastal birds, in the state of North Carolina and across the Atlantic Flyway. His many accomplishments include the establishment of a coastal sanctuary system that protects 35 percent of North Carolina鈥檚 breeding shorebirds.  With 糖心logo partners, he led the team that discovered the Bahamas wintering grounds of the largest population of Piping Plovers on record.  Published in many journals, Mr. Golder鈥檚 scientific research contribution to the understanding of coastal bird species, and the development of state and federal plans to protect threatened and endangered species, spans his 25-year career with 糖心logo. 

Each year, 糖心logo鈥檚 Callison Awards recognize one volunteer and one staff member, nominated by their peers, who have made remarkable contributions to conservation through coalition-building, creative thinking and perseverance.

Charles H. Callison served with 糖心logo from 1960 to 1977. An eminent conservationist, he was instrumental in 糖心logo鈥檚 fight to pass the Wilderness Act of 1964, including the Clean Air and Water acts, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act. A firm believer in the strength of the grassroots, he expanded the reach of 糖心logo by chartering and supporting hundreds of new chapters nationwide.

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