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MUNCIE, IN\u00a0\u2014 The\u00a0 Robert Cooper Audubon Society will honor the recipients of its\u00a02025 conservation awards on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Ball State University Alumni Center, 2800 W. Bethel Ave.<\/p>\n
Hours for the event are 6 to 9 p.m. The public is invited.<\/p>\n
The event \u2014 which includes “inspiring presentations by the honorees, appetizers and door prizes,” according to a press release \u2014 is free and open to non-Audubon members. Attendees should RSVP to cooperaudubon@gmail.com by Nov. 20.<\/p>\n
The following individuals will be recognized for their contributions to conservation and environmental education in East Central Indiana:<\/p>\n
Sheryl Myers, of Anderson, will receive the Robert H. and Esther L. Cooper Conservation Award,\u00a0the chapter’s highest honor, for overall contributions to, conservation of\u00a0and appreciation for the natural environment.<\/p>\n
Diana Bowman, of Hagerstown, will receive the Clyde W. Hibbs Conservation Education Award,\u00a0for excellence in educating the area’s children, youth\u00a0and\/or adults on conservation issues and practices.<\/p>\n
Keith Morris, of Anderson, will receive the Richard Greene Public Service Award, for active involvement in serving the public’s environmental interests and concerns.<\/p>\n
Ryan Smith, of Bluffton, will receive the Phyllis Yuhas Wildlife Habitat Preservation Award,\u00a0for development or preservation of habitat that contains significant wildlife and\/or native plant life populations.<\/p>\n
Chayson Brown, of Bluffton, will receive the Charles D. Wise Youth Conservation Award,\u00a0for excellence in conservation practices by a youth under the age of 18.<\/p>\n
The Robert Cooper Audubon Society serves nearly 400 members in seven counties of East Central Indiana and is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. Visit www.cooperaudubon.org for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Press \u00a0|\u00a0 Muncie Star Press MUNCIE, IN\u00a0\u2014 The\u00a0 Robert Cooper Audubon Society will honor the recipients of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[414,11691,16218,10546,129692,34975,58357,129688,10725,16708,19232,6105,3237,2831,41347,129689,2351,19773,192,8979,7355,2854,19774,53034,417,4688,11104,3729,983,17776,67083,74764,74765,58359,6377,129690,3,13470,13471,5573,57539,79,1247,13109,13692,8596,6671,46149,27208,61800,129691,201],"class_list":["post-233207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-and","tag-anderson","tag-audubon","tag-awards","tag-awards-and-distinctions","tag-ball","tag-ball-state-university","tag-bluffton","tag-colleges","tag-colleges-u0026-universities","tag-conservation","tag-contests","tag-county","tag-delaware","tag-delaware-county","tag-distinctions","tag-ecology","tag-ecology-u0026-environment","tag-environment","tag-environmental","tag-environmental-conservation","tag-green","tag-green-living-u0026-environmental-issues","tag-hagerstown","tag-in","tag-issues","tag-living","tag-local","tag-local-news","tag-madison","tag-madison-county","tag-merit","tag-merit-prizes-u0026-contests","tag-muncie","tag-national","tag-national-audubon-society","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-prizes","tag-science","tag-society","tag-state","tag-u0026","tag-universities","tag-university","tag-wayne","tag-wayne-county","tag-wells","tag-wells-county","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}