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Blackburnian Warbler Photo: Scott Suriano/Audubon Photography Awards
The Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit honors teachers, business leaders, biologists, photographers, and overall visionaries who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to protecting birds and the places they need.
From spearheading community planting projects to writing books about biodiversity, awardees pass along their admiration and wonder for the outdoors to their friends, family, and local communities. Together with our flock, we celebrate their life work and their contributions to conservation.
Please join us in celebrating...
EUNICE BURNETT
Recipient of the 2025 Environmental Leadership Award
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Tamarack Country Club
55 Locust Road
Greenwich, CT
6:30 p.m. — Cocktail Reception
7:30 p.m. — Dinner and Program featuring bird trivia
Eunice's journey with Audubon began in 2005 when she attended green building and landscape management programs at the Greenwich Audubon Center. She joined the Audubon Connecticut board in 2009 and contributed to the development of Connecticut’s "Audubon at Home" program in 2010. Eunice was initially not a birder, but being surrounded by deeply committed birders ignited in her an appreciation—and eventually a passion—for birds.
Eunice now focuses on "Plants for Birds," combining her love of birds and gardening. Most recently, her commitment to planting natives led to securing a Garden Club of America grant for a revegetation project at the Greenwich Center.
For her unwavering dedication to conservation and community building, we are delighted to celebrate Eunice at Audubon’s 2025 Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit!
Thank you to all who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to the conservation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats.
Gary compiled the Greenwich-Stamford Christmas Bird Count for nearly 50 years, and co-founded the Greenwich Audubon Center's Summer Bird Count in 1976 - amongst many other accomplishments.
This year's Environmental Leadership Award celebrated the legacy of Connecticut's O'Brien Family, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to New Haven's Doreen Abubakar.
On June 10, 2021, Audubon Connecticut proudly honored Joseph H. Ellis with its Environmental Leadership Award and Sue H. Baker with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
There are so many great ways you can get involved with Audubon Connecticut and make a difference for both the wildlife and the people who call Connecticut home.
Connect with our nature centers in Greenwich, Sharon, and Southbury. Each unique center offers trails, educational resources, conservation opportunities, and more.
Through land stewardship, science, education, and advocacy, Audubon Connecticut works across the state to preserve habitat and protect bird species that are of state, national, and global concern.
