For her passion in defending and conserving some of Florida’s signature bird species, Nancy Douglass will receive the Guy Bradley Award, one of Audubon of Florida’s highest honors. Douglass works as a nongame biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), where she’s been an advocate for birds for 20 years. The Guy Bradley Award is named after the man hired by the Audubon Society in 1902 to protect South Florida’s wading birds from hunters.

“These conservation leaders not only fight for the birds on their own, but they recruit others to the cause,” said David Anderson, executive director of Audubon of Florida. “We are pleased to recognize Nancy Douglass this year not only for her commitment to the plight of Florida’s declining coastal birds, but for her vision of a collaboration between state wildlife regulators and concerned citizens to improve the future for these species.”

Douglass will receive the award on Oct. 23 at Audubon of Florida’s annual state conference, Audubon Assembly, in St. Petersburg. One of her latest projects with the FWC resulted in the creation of the Florida Shorebird Alliance, whose goal is to improve shorebird management statewide. At the conference, Douglass also will participate in a panel on a new collaborative project between Audubon of Florida and the alliance, focused on local government coordination on the southwest coast of Florida.

Read more about Nancy Douglass and her achievements at myFWC.com.