The ABA Chandler Robbins Award for Education/Conservation is an

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given by the

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to an individual who has made significant contributions either to the education of

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s or to

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and the "management or preservation of

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s on which birds and birding depends." The award may also recognize efforts in both fields. One of five awards presented by the ABA for contributions to

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, the award is named in honor of Chandler Robbins, who himself advanced both conservation and education. Robbins is author of an influential

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to birds and the architect of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. The award was first bestowed on Ted Lee Eubanks.

List of recipients

Since the award's inception in 2000, there have been 17 recipients.

References

{{reflist Ornithology awards American Birding Association Awards established in 2000

List of recipients

See also

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