Fellows
The NPSO Fellows Award recognizes individual members for their exceptional contributions to the Society. The guidelines for nomination are available online or by request from the Fellows Committee at fe*****@np*******.org .
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Jason Clinch
Jason Clinch grew up on a rural farm outside of Castle Rock, Washington in the shadow of Mount St. Helens. He caught his first fish from a boat on Spirit Lake with his grandparents while camping at age three, then watched the mountain erupt at age five. From an early age, he spent his time…
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Gail Baker
Making botanical connections The move from California to Oregon in the early 1980s landed Gail in her ideal botanical landscape and climate zone, between the northeastern North America of her childhood, a place with distinct seasons, and California’s Mediterranean climate, where she was introduced to and fell in love with plant ecology and botany as…
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Tanya Harvey
Tanya grew up in New England, the daughter of avid gardeners. She’s been in love with nature, especially plants, as long as she can remember. As a child, she spent as much time out of doors as possible, driven to learn all she could about the natural world. She particularly recalls going on a nature…
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David H. Wagner
As the son of missionary parents, David Wagner spent his childhood in Landour, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. There David attended Woodstock School, exploring the mountains and collecting specimens of all kinds, including beetles, butterflies, birds, mammals, and snakes. About the age of eleven, he became particularly curious about ferns that, along with…
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Lisa Blackburn
Lisa Blackburn was born and raised in southern California. As a child, she enjoyed numerous camping vacations with her family all over the western United States. These trips and her mother’s interest in gardening sparked her interest in botany and geology. When Lisa attended the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), her broad interests led…
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Linda Ann Vorobik
When Linda was just a baby, her parents bought 34 acres on Lopez Island, the perfect setting to learn about the natural world around her. She started by helping her mother in the garden, then expanded to surrounding natural areas. Her parents taught her the names of the native plants and gave her art supplies…