ELI honored the 2020 National Wetlands Awardees throughout the month of May via podcasts, blogs, videos, and other virtual programming. Check out our social media for a look at the celebration!
Watch ELI'sWebinar on Wetlands and Disaster Resilience HERE.
The National Wetlands Awardees were recognized at the start of the program.
You can also listen to the voices of our 2020 National Wetlands Awardees on an episode of ELI's People Places Planet Podcast.
Maggy Hurchalla’s family moved to Miami in the 1920s, just in time for the 1926 Hurricane-a wall of water and wind that humbled Florida’s boom-time settlers.
Ms. Maggy Hurchalla understood the dynamic nature of Florida's wetlands from a young age, going on to serve as a county commissioner in Florida, where she protected wetlands for 20 years.
As a line walker for Lakehead Pipeline Company, Jim Sweeney would often walk the entire pipeline right-of-way between Elgin, Illinois, and Merrillville, Indiana.
When Jean Harris and Roma Armbrust call a meeting to discuss preservation of Ormond Beach, environmentalists, property owners, and officials from all branches of government flock to the table.
Patricia and Mike McCoy have dedicated the past two decades to preserving Southern California’s wetland resources and to educating the public about their value.
Larry J. Smith and his outgoing personality and unflagging energy have sparked the interest of children, bolstered the efforts of other local activists, and heightened public awareness of the environmental issues faced by the region.
Since the late-1960s, Aurora Gareiss and Virginia Michels Dent have led a series of battles to save the expansive salt marsh and freshwater wetland complexes surrounding their beloved Littleneck Bay in Queens, New York City.