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Experience Nature!

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APRIL 12, 2017

Honoring

GINA MCCARTHY

MELISSA GROO

LESLEY & BILL KING of Back 40 Farm Group

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WELCOME TO THE 2017 AUDUBON CONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS BENEFIT

HONORING

GINA McCARTHY Audubon Connecticut Environmental Leadership Award

MELISSA GROOKatie O’Brien Lifetime Achievement Award

LESLEY & BILL KING of Back 40 Farm GroupAudubon Connecticut Corporate Award

SPECIAL REMARKS by

Connan AshforthBoard Chair, Audubon Connecticut

Jillian Bell Schoolyard Habitat Coordinator,Audubon Connecticut

Stewart J. HudsonExecutive Director, Audubon ConnecticutVice President, National Audubon Society

LIVE AUCTION by

George McNeely

Many thanks to McArdle’s Florist & Garden Center for providing native plants and beautiful centerpieces to help us experience nature this evening.

Special thanks to Lesley & Bill King of Back 40 Farm Group who infl uenced the evening’s dinner menu, Melissa Groo for donating her beautiful photography, Two Roads Brewing Co. for the donation of Connecticut craft beers and the tasting experience, as well as Val’s Putnam Wines & Liquors for providing this evening’s wine.

Cover: Baltimore Oriole This page: White-spotted Sable Melissa Groo

Experience Nature!


THANK YOU to all the honorees for leading by example! — Sonia & Paul Jones

Great Blue Heron Melissa Groo


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IN TIMES OF GREAT CHANGE, it is befitting to remind ourselves of what remains constant.

For Audubon, what remains constant is the beauty of nature, and the deep fascination we have with birds and other wildlife. Our need to Experience Nature! is unchanging, and an essential part of the human experience. Our connection to our community, and the born leaders who help to navigate the way to a sustainable future, is enduring. And, our commitment to clean air and clean water—to make the world a place where birds, thrive and people prosper—is steadfast.

Audubon’s dedication to excellence in our programming is also unchanging. Our public education offerings and events reach more than 10,000 children and adults, while our conservation, science, and advocacy initiatives are protecting thousands of acres of threatened habitat and hundreds of species of birds and other wildlife in Connecticut each year.

You might ask, why are Audubon’s fundamental values and impact so enduring? Simple. Because of you. As an important part of our community, your shared dedication to the environment and conservation enables the work that protects all that is essential and beautiful in nature to continue. You, alongside tonight’s Honorees, are generously sharing your knowledge, time, and resources in ways that make a real difference on the ground.

Through our Audubon Connecticut State Office, Centers, Sanctuaries, Chapters, initiatives, and programs, your contributions are part of a bigger, powerful movement called Audubon—a movement committed to protecting birds and other wildlife, and the habitat they depend on, for today and tomorrow. Our approach to our work connects us all to a broader range of environmental and human health concerns and allows us to chart a path toward environmental sustainability in towns and cities across the state—as well as across America’s four major Flyways.

The mission of Audubon, the generous support we receive from donors and volunteer leaders, and the hard work of our staff and those of partner organizations, indeed endures.

Thank you for your shared dedication to nature!

Stewart J. Hudson Executive Director, Audubon Connecticut Vice President, National Audubon Society

LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Stewart J. Hudson


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LETTER FROM CHAIRMANMARTY CANNON

On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome to the 2016 Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit. EXPERIENCE NATURE! is more than a theme. It is what our world needs.

On behalf of the birds, thank you for supporting Audubon’s work in and around Connecticut. We are connected to something larger, and now you are too.

Tonight, we get to celebrate the Gregory Family and Melissa Spear for their respective legacies. As you will learn from our program this evening, the Gregorys embody Audubon’s mission at so many levels. And, Melissa Spear has dedicated her life to building sustainable behaviors in urban communities. Each of these Honorees deserves recognition from all of us. Their vision, leadership, and commitment to a better world are qualities we all must emulate and support.

I love birds, the Black Skimmer in particular, but I am not a birder. So, I am often asked what brought me to Audubon. It is true my wife Nanny and Katie O’Brien, who I and many others consider to be the heart and soul of Audubon Connecticut, introduced me to the idea. But, it was my childhood that built a lifelong “predisposition.” My father was a doctor in a West Tennessee farming family…so he fixed people during the week and tended to the crops on the weekends. The health of soil, availability of water, the impact of wildlife, insects, mold, and fungus…all concerned him and, through him, our family. We studied nature through the lens of a doctor-farmer. In both endeavors, he studied science, respected nature, sought strategies for long-term health, and practiced empathy. These are the values that led me to Audubon and its mission.

So, you don’t have to be a birder to appreciate the beauty of these creatures or the profound value of their stories. By studying the lives of birds, we gain immeasurable insights into our environment. Audubon has taken the vast science behind bird conservation and has made it available to people like you and me. Where birds thrive, people prosper.

I want to close by thanking our capable and hard-working staff, our Dinner Co-Chairs, and each of you, for listening, thinking, and contributing to the important work of Audubon Connecticut.

Enjoy the evening!

A. Martin F. Cannon Chairman, Audubon Connecticut

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EACH YEAR, I look forward to the evening when Audubon Connecticut comes together for the annual Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit. It is an evening when I am awed by the intense passion for conservation demonstrated by the honorees and inspired by the outpouring of support represented by the individuals gathered in one room. We are volunteers, donors, doers, thinkers, and leaders all working to advance conservation initiatives that benefit birds, wildlife, and, quite frankly, our own lives. Collectively, we are Audubon Connecticut.

On this special evening, we are fortunate to be able to honor four heroes of the conservation movement. Proudly, we recognize Gina McCarthy, who as the former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, has been a driving force in policies and programs for clean air and clean water, protecting us against abrupt climate change...and here in this state making sure that more children have access to nature through Connecticut’s No Child Left Inside program. We celebrate Melissa Groo, who through her extraordinary wildlife photography and writing, inspires and educates us about nature and the world around us. We highlight the work of Lesley and Bill King of Back 40 Farm Group, who as purveyors and farmers of organic food, make the world a healthier and safer place.

As champions of conservation and the environment, these individuals empower us also to make a difference. Lucky for us, we are often reminded of the importance of their work by the birds all around us. Imagine for a minute a world without birds. What would that say about the condition of our world? What would that look and feel like for people living there? In protecting birds, we also address the human condition.

When Audubon Connecticut trains high school beach guards to monitor and protect 63 pairs of nesting Piping Plovers, coaches 113 elementary teachers to use their schoolyards as outdoor classrooms, advises landowners about best management practices for 125,000 acres of forest, fights city hall to advocate for open space, rehabilitates a Bald Eagle that is released back into the wild, and opens the eyes of a young camper to the amazing migration journey of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, we are doing much more than protecting birds. Through education, science, conservation, and advocacy, we are ensuring that the State of Connecticut remains a place where you want to live, raise your family, and enjoy nature. Yes, where birds thrive, people prosper!

Of course, this work is possible only through the generosity of our donors. Thank you for joining us tonight and thank you for your ongoing support. With your help, Audubon Connecticut will continue to safeguard our beautiful state for future generations, and foster a healthier environment for all.

Connan Ashforth Board Chair, Audubon Connecticut

LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Connan Ashforth


CONGRATULATIONS to Gina McCarthy, Melissa Groo, and Lesley & Bill King of Back 40 Farm Group for all you do to educate and inspire us to protect and preserve our natural treasures. With your guidance, we proudly pass these gifts on to our future generations.— Eunice & Robert Burnett

Screech Owl Melissa Groo


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CORPORATE AWARD

Lesley & Bill King OF BACK 40 FARM GROUP

LESLEY & BILL KING of Back 40 Farm Group have been together since high school, but never envisioned owning a farm or a restaurant. After long careers on Wall Street, they threw themselves wholeheartedly into the organic food movement and the local food scene, beginning with the development of an organic farm in Washington, Connecticut called the Back 40 Farm and moving quickly to the co-founding of the Old Greenwich Farmer’s Market. Their mutual commitment to chemical-free food for their families and their community along with a whole lot of entrepreneurial spirit helped carve the way for the Back 40 Farm Group, which now co-owns the Back 40 Kitchen on Greenwich Avenue, Mill Street Bar & Table in Byram, and a country store called the Back 40 Mercantile in Old Greenwich. Bill serves on the board of both the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture and the Greenwich Land Trust. Lesley and Bill are strong supporters of the local and organic food movement, and have a passion for the health of our environment.


CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to Gina McCarthy, Melissa Groo, and Lesley & Bill King of Back 40 Farm Group — Kristina & Frank Loverro

Common Terns Melissa Groo


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KATIE O’BRIEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Melissa Groo

MELISSA GROO is a wildlife photographer, writer, and conservationist with a passion for educating people about the marvels of the natural world. She believes that photography can be both fine art and a powerful vehicle for storytelling, and considers herself a “wildlife biographer” as much as a wildlife photographer. It is her hope that her images will help raise awareness about not only the extrinsic beauty of animals, but also their intrinsic worth. Melissa is a contributing editor to Audubon magazine and the columnist on wildlife photography for Outdoor Photographer magazine. She is a consultant and writer on issues of ethics in photography and is Chair of the North American Nature Photography Association’s Ethics Committee. She created Audubon’s Guide for Ethical Bird Photography with Kenn Kaufman, and she’s advised National Wildlife Magazine and NANPA, as well as the National Audubon Society, on guidelines for ethical photography. She is also a judge for the National Audubon Society and the BigPicture Natural World photo contests.


CONGRATULATIONS

To Gina McCarthy, Melissa Groo, and

Lesley & Bill King of Back 40 Farm Group

For their contributions to

conservation, environmental

sustainability, and habitat protection

— Lile & John Gibbons

Cabbage White Melissa Groo


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ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Gina McCarthy

GINA McCARTHY is a national environmental leader who served most recently as the 13th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As Administrator, she played a major role in the negotiation of a global agreement on climate protection, and enhanced the agency’s programs across a wide range of environmental and human health concerns. From 2004 to 2009, Gina served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, during which time she led important advances in clean energy and climate protection measures, habitat protection for birds and other wildlife, and she made a significant commitment to nature education through the establishment of Connecticut’s “No Child Left Inside” program. Previously, she served as a senior agency official working on clean air issues for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.


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Environmental Leadership AwardAudubon Connecticut’s Environmental Leadership Award is given in recognition of vision, passion, and dedication to a sustainable future.

2003 – Phoebe Milliken2005 – Donal C. O’Brien, Jr.2006 – Dan W. Lufkin2008 – Robert F. Schumann 2009 – Christopher Shays 2011 – Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky, M.D.2012 – Jayni Chase 2013 – Joni Steele Kimberlin2013 – Kevin Kimberlin2014 – George E. Pataki2014 – Ken Salazar 2015 – JPMorgan Chase2016 – The Gregory Family

Katie O’Brien Lifetime Achievement AwardAudubon Connecticut’s Lifetime Achievement Award—renamed in honor of Katie O’Brien by a unanimous vote of the Audubon Connecticut Board of Directors on June 5, 2013—is given in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the fi eld of conservation and environmental protection.

2008 – David Ogilvy 2012 – Kathryn D. Wriston 2013 – Eaddo Kiernan2014 – John W. Fitzpatrick, PhD.2015 – Dan Esty2016 – Melissa Spear


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As a state offi ce of the National Audubon Society, Audubon Connecticut’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefi t of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. We do this through our powerful network of members, volunteers, partners, Chapters, and, of course, our nature centers—our local hubs for conservation work and opportunities. For nearly 75 years, Audubon Centers in Connecticut have fostered education, land stewardship, policy initiatives, and the kind of citizen science that makes us the most infl uential bird conservation organization in the state.

Today, these efforts play a vital role in Audubon’s larger Atlantic Flyway and Important Bird Areas conservation work. As our Centers in Greenwich, Southbury, and Sharon continue to evolve, they are becoming 21st Century Centers of Excellence that advance innovative programmatic models; inspire environmental awareness and action; provide engaging place-based education; and employ online communication tools to broaden our reach. They are regional epicenters for some of our highest priority programs to protect forest, fi eld, and coastal habitats, and to foster the creation of bird-friendly communities.

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Conserving the CoastConnecticut’s coast represents all points along the ecological spectrum—from hotbeds of urban development to natural shoreline—and maintaining a balance of habitat is critically important. Healthy barrier beaches, dunes, and tidal marshes are not only essential to the shorebirds that utilize these areas as nesting, stop-over, and over-wintering sites, but they also serve as buffers against the ravages of storms and tidal fl ooding for our coastal communities.

Despite constant threats to our coastal habitats, the 2016 shorebird season was a great success. Through coastal partnership efforts, we had a record high of 63 breeding Piping Plovers, which produced 87 fl edged chicks for a productivity rate of 1.38 chicks per pair. We also had a record high of 63 pairs of American Oystercatchers, which produced 53 fl edglings for a productivity rate of .84 chicks per pair—the second highest ever for both the total of chicks fl edged and productivity rate in the state.

Protecting Forests and FieldsAudubon Connecticut’s conservation work and expertise contribute to the continual existence of high-quality breeding habitat for birds along the Atlantic Flyway. Our focus to protect and sustainably manage local forest, shrubland, fi eld, and other working-land habitats continued to be a priority in 2016. We completed 34 fi eld assessments and provided best management recommendations through our “Forest for the Birds” project—bringing our total to 114 assessments with 125,000 acres under infl uence.

Our participation in the American Kestrel Nest Box Program for more than 25 years led to the species being removed from the Connecticut Threatened Species List. We banded 49 bird species and 394 individuals who rely on shrubland habitats, and recognized 12 new Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Connecticut—including fi ve landscape-scale forest blocks comprised of private, land trust, and state lands. We also generated widespread public support that resulted in the establishment of the new Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge in New England.

Building Bird-Friendly CommunitiesAudubon Connecticut is committed to transforming Connecticut communities into places where birds fl ourish, because where birds thrive, people prosper. From urban centers to rural towns, each community can provide important habitat for native birds. In turn, birds offer us a richer, more beautiful, and healthful place to live.

In 2016, our Bird-Friendly Community program created four new Schoolyard Habitats (SYHs)—bringing the total to 16 Audubon SYHs in Connecticut. We established six new Urban Oases (healthy, restored habitats for birds and city-dwellers) and led the effort to designate New Haven as an Urban Bird Treaty City. We worked with 113 teachers at workshops and our annual SYH Leadership Summit, and through these programs provided thousands of students with nature-based curricula and environmental awareness. At a statewide level, we supported passage of Connecticut SB 231, An Act Concerning Pollinator Health–a law that reduces the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which harmfully impact the pollinators, birds, other wildlife, and people in our communities.

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Annie & David Bingham, M.D.Ellen & Alan BreedNanny & Marty CannonMichael ChambersAndrea de CholnokyBarbara & Joseph Ellis Pamela & David B. FordLile & John Gibbons

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WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANKAudubon Connecticut’s WildLife Guards, our many student volunteers and conservationists

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AUDUBON CONNECTICUT STATE BOARDConnan Ashforth, Chair

Michael Chambers, Vice-Chair & Interim TreasurerAndrea de Cholnoky, Vice-Chair

Carole Clarkson, Secretary

Stewart J. Hudson, VP & Executive Director, Audubon Connecticut

AUDUBON GREENWICH CENTER BOARDJennifer McCarroll, ChairMatthew Fry, Vice-Chair

Langley Partridge, Secretary George Sorenson, Treasurer

Michelle Frankel, Ph.D., Center Director, Audubon Greenwich

AUDUBON CENTER BENT OF THE RIVER BOARDGil Da’Rocha, Chair

Barbara Branagan-Mitchell, Vice-ChairJames J. King, Secretary

Leslie Kane, Center Director, Audubon Center Bent of the River

AUDUBON SHARON BOARDAlexandra Peters, Chair

Cynthia F. Walsh, Treasurer

Sean Grace, Center Director, Audubon Sharon

David Bingham, M.D.Eunice BurnettA. Martin F. CannonAnn Decker, Ph.D.Gerald M. FreedmanLile GibbonsMelissa GibbonsMorgan GregoryDarcy HadjipaterasMarie KennedyJoni Steele Kimberlin (emeritus)

Alexander KragieFrank LoverroJeanne MininallJane-Kerin Moffat (emeritus)Emily B. Nissley (emeritus)Katie S. O’BrienBenjamin Kuhn Oko, M.D.Caroline ParadisoAlexandra PetersDennis RiordanSuni Unger

Kimberly BrushJohn ConteWilliam KellySarah KovacsJudith LaganoJames Walker III

Honorary Board Members Lolly H. PrinceJane-Kerin MoffatGary PalmerWilliam Ross

Kathy S. BowerDavid B. Gropper, M.D.Hilda Henriques

Bernie McManusJohn J. Pittari, Jr.Fred Plescia

Diana GreeneWilliam McKelvySandy Elson SlemmerCB Wismar Charles M. Wright

Susan Norton Allen John Brett Eileen Fielding Gerald M. FreedmanKathleen D. Fuhr


THANK YOU, Audubon Connecticut,

for being a model of environmental stewardship

— Nanny & Marty Cannon

Osprey Melissa Groo


THANK YOU Gina McCarthy, Lesley and Bill King,

and Melissa Groo for your passion and commitment to be stewards of the land

— Katie S. O’Brien

Black-throated Blue Warbler Melissa Groo


Raising awarenessProtecting our greatest asset We applaud Audubon Connecticut for its commitment to preserving and protecting nature.


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AUDUBON THANKS our dedicated Audubon

Connecticut Board, Development Committee, and the Benefit Co-Chairs

for their extraordinary leadership and dedication

to making this year’s Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit a success.

Thanks to your shared commitment to nature,

we will be well-positioned to pursue our important work

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In honor of Michelle Frankel, for all her hard work on our behalf!— Svetlana & Alan Wasserman


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