Laurie Wayburn

Laurie Andrea Wayburn (born September 27, 1954)[1] is an American author and conservationist. She was born to Peggy Wayburn and Edgar Wayburn[2] on September 28, 1954.[1] She transferred to Harvard University after a year at the University of California, Davis, and later graduated from Harvard University.[2] She was the executive director of Point Reyes Bird Observatory from 1987 to 1992.[3] She is the president and co-founder of Pacific Forest Trust. She received a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award[4] and a Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award[5] in 2008.

Laurie Wayburn
Born
Laurie Andrea Wayburn

(1954-09-27) September 27, 1954
Parents

Bibliography

  • Wayburn, Laurie (August 21, 1990). "Wetlands restoration". Sausalito Marin Scope. Retrieved September 25, 2020 via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  • Best, Constance; Wayburn, Laurie (1995). "In Diversity Is Wealth: Enhancing Financial Returns for Private Forest Landowners". Journal of Forestry. 93 (8): 6–9. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  • Wayburn, Laurie (February 13, 2001). "Let Forests Grow Old". Letter to The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

References

  1. Author and Environmental Advocate: Peggy Wayburn (PDF). Regional Oral History Office. 1992. p. xiv. OCLC 227489784.
  2. Brown, Nell Porter (May 2010). "Seeing the Forest for Its Trees". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  3. Ralph, C. John; Geupel, Geoffrey R. (2019). "Point Reyes Bird Observatory to Point Blue Conservation Science: the Origins, Evolution, and Future Directions of an Innovative, Non-Profit, Science Organization" (PDF). Contributions to The History of North American Ornithology. Volume IV. Nuttall Ornithological Club. pp. 393, 396. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  4. "In recognition". San Francisco Chronicle. July 30, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2020. Laurie Wayburn, co-founder and president of Pacific Forest Trust, for collaborative approach to conserving California's natural resources.
  5. "Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award". Land Trust Alliance. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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