March 9, 2023 – The Macon County Conservation District invites you to an event celebrating Women in Conservation and Forestry.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the conservation district will hold the event this Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 p.m. at Rock Springs Nature Center.
Ashton Nunn, Marketing Specialist for the Conservation District, will be exploring the legacies of many women integral to the natural resources field, including Rachel Carson, Hazel Johnson, and Margaret “Mardy” Murie. Like many of the other women that will be featured, Murie was a naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist, and received much recognition from important environmental organizations of the time. Dubbed the “grandmother of the Conservation Movement” by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, Murie is credited as saying, “I hope the United States of America is not so rich that she can afford to let these wildernesses pass by, or so poor she cannot afford to keep them.”
The event is free and no registration is required.
