1990 medals for conservation

Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 8

1990 medals for conservation

FOREST AND BIRD members featured prominently among the people awarded 1990 medals for services to conservation. Recipients included the Society's former national secretary Joan Leckie, conservation director Kevin Smith, immediate past president Dr Alan Mark, executive member Gordon Stephenson, Lesley Shand from the Canterbury branch, and Derek Shaw (Nelson). Other notable recipients included West Coasters Maida Bryant and Jim Keenan; Hugh Barr, Arnold Heine and David Henson from Federated Mountain Clubs; Kevin Hackwell from the NZ Rainforests Coalition; Dame Miriam Dell and Cath Wallace from ECO; Theo Simeonidis from the Federation of

Freshwater Anglers and marine reserve advocate Bill Ballantine. Also awarded medals were: Gary Aburn, Douglas Ackerley, Jacqueline Adams, Dr Ian Atkinson, Jobn Bamford, Stephen Barker, Dr Carolyn Burns, Raymond Cleland, Arthur Cowan, Sheila Davis, Dr Richard Dell, Hamish Ensor, Jocelyn Fish, Peter Hayden, Dr John Hayward, Dr George Heather, Ernest Holdaway, William Johnson, Brian Jones, Percy Lucas, John Mazey, George Mollett, Guy Salmon, Professor John Salmon, Horace Sinclair, William Sutherland, Denise Sutherland, David Thom, Keith Thompson, Donald Thomson.