Bedford Audubon Society awarded two local high school students with the Marty McGuire Scholarship.
Erin Sanders, a junior at John Jay High School and student in the Science Research Program, received a $200 scholarship for her research on the invasive Asian Shore Crab. The Asian Shore Crab poses a potential risk to native crab species, such as Blue Crab and Green Crab, from competition for shelter. Ms. Sanders hopes to pursue marine biology as a profession, and one day to study Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Denisse Gayosso-Lucana, a junior at Fox Lane High School and also a student in the Science Research Program, received an $800 scholarship for her research in the impacts of urbanization on plant genetic diversity. Ms. Gayosso-Lucano is conducting her research at Fordham University’s Calder Environmental Center and at the New York Botanical Garden.
Dr. Linda Burke, Chair of Bedford Audubon’s Education Committee, says “Bedford Audubon is proud to support the future leaders in environmental research and conservation action.”
The scholarship is given in honor of Marty McGuire of Putnam County, who tragically died in a car accident in August 2007. He was an active and enthusiastic young birder filled with a love of nature.
The awards will be given at Bedford Audubon’s lecture, at the Katonah Village Library. The lecture topic is the “History of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation” by local authors Beth Herr and Maureen Koehl.
Bedford Audubon’s monthly lecture series runs from September to June and is free and open to the public. Refreshments begin at 7pm, and the program begins at 7:30.
Bedford Audubon has celebrated the natural heritage of the lower Hudson Valley and provided conservation excellence to the communities of northern Westchester and eastern Putnam counties for one hundred years. Today, BedfordAudubon continues to be the local authority of birds and habitat and manages nearly 600 acres of stunning wildlife habitat in four sanctuaries, with more than seven miles of trails open to the public. We look forward to the next one hundred years as we continue to promote environmental literacy, conduct critical research, and protect and conserve wildlife habitat.
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