Audubon Florida is pleased to announce that Senator Gayle Harrell is the recipient of the 2024 Teddy Roosevelt Award in recognition of her long history of environment leadership, including her sponsorship of Florida’s stormwater rule update and her principled stance opposing the development of golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

Audubon Florida recognizes the state's leading conservationists with a suite of annual awards. This year’s awards will be presented in a ceremony in Daytona Beach as part of the annual Assembly.

President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with the founding of America’s National Park System and making land conservation a core American value. Every year, Audubon Florida recognizes a conservationist who has made significant contributions to conservation in Florida.

Audubon Florida protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Audubon works throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. State programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners give Audubon an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. A nonprofit conservation organization since 1900, Audubon believes in a world in which people and wildlife thrive