PRBO Awards

• PRBO Wins Senator Barbara Boxer's Conservation Champion Award
  PRBO Conservation Science has received the 2006 Conservation Champion Award from Sen. Barbara Boxer for outstanding contributions to biodiversity conservation. Boxer established the Conservation Champion Award in January 2000 to recognize individuals and organizations working to promote a safe and healthy environment. "For more than 40 years, the Point Reyes Bird Observatory has provided Californians with the opportunity to learn about and appreciate our state's native bird population," Boxer said. "Today, PRBO is still leading the way by educating us on the best way to conserve bird species and their habitats so that Californians will be able to share these experiences for generations to come."
• 2002 National Partners in Flight Award
  The National Partners in Flight Awards Committee selected PRBO to receive a national award for contributions toward bird conservation.
• 2002 National Partner Award
  PRBO was honored with the 2002 national “Conservation Partner Award” from the USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
  “ The efforts of PRBO have improved conservation, and monitoring of conservation, on USFS, BLM, and other public lands in [California]. PRBO's strong interest in partnerships and in linking monitoring to adaptive management is an extremely valuable asset to California's public lands and wildlife resources".
  --Diana Craig, USFS Conservation Scientist
• 2001 National Partners In Flight Award

What people are saying about PRBO

"PRBO advances our understanding of ecosystem dynamics. By implementing their management recommendations we have been successful in promoting the recovery of a wide range of species, including birds, beetles and bats."

-Greg Golet, Senior Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy

" PRBO is a major force for ornithology and conservation [in the West]."

– Frank Gill, Ph.D.
Science Director, National Audubon Society.

“ With PRBO as a scientific partner [in the Central Valley], we are advancing a model for conservation that could well be employed throughout North America.”

– Steve McCormick
President, The Nature Conservancy

“ PRBO plays a lead providing scientific support for managing wetlands of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. In partnership with agencies like USGS, PRBO addresses major issues including salt evaporation pond conversion, airport expansion, and wetland restoration.”

– John Y. Takekawa, Ph.D.
Director, S.F. Bay Estuary Field Station, U.S. Geological Survey

“ The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service could not manage and protect the Refuge’s significant natural resources and facilities without PRBO as a partner.”

– Joelle Buffa
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Farallon National Wildlife Refuge