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Champions of Conservation 2024

A woman stands in a greenhouse

Champions of Conservation

Consider this advocate the Johnny Appleseed of one of the South’s most imperiled trees

A man stands in a field

Champions of Conservation

A young tribal leader and environmental scientist defends his people’s disappearing bayou

A man crouches in a field

Champions of Conservation

Native plants and grasses go viral in the hands of a social-media-savvy forester

A woman stands in a field of flowers

Champions of Conservation

One entomologist’s buzzy idea inspires an army of citizen scientists

A collage of two portraits of women with binoculars

Champions of Conservation

After feeling unwelcome in the field, two scientists start a nonprofit to help other historically marginalized or excluded nature lovers

A man stands in a cave

Champions of Conservation

From sun-brightened streams to dark, dank caves, an ichthy-obsessed biologist tenaciously protects the South’s aquatic life

Two people sit in a canoe

Champions of Conservation

A married duo help keep Arkansas rivers and streams flowing free and clear

A man holds a salamander

Champions of Conservation

A blueprint for how private timberland owners can save threatened Southern species comes courtesy of a Mississippi forester

A portrait of a woman behind pink plexiglass coral

Champions of Conservation

A ceramist and educator’s interactive coral reefs put the dire straits of Florida’s waters into relief

A man walks through a marsh

Champions of Conservation

Harnessing passion for the ocean’s fisheries into powerful action is all in a day’s work for this Chesapeake guide