{"id":19398,"date":"2023-07-11T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=15147"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:25:17","slug":"lauren-d-pharr-receives-governors-conservation-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/lauren-d-pharr-receives-governors-conservation-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren D. Pharr Receives Governor’s Conservation Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
For immediate release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren D. Pharr, contributing editor for Coastwatch<\/em> magazine and third-year Ph.D. student in North Carolina State University’s College of Natural Resources, has earned the 2023 Governor’s Conservation Achievement Award for Young Conservationist of the Year. Sponsored by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, the awards program highlights people and organizations that have worked for conservation in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an avian ecologist, Pharr’s research takes her to the North Carolina Sandhills, where she helps with conservation of the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, studying how climate change may affect the species’ population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an award-winning science communicator, she has authored several seminal articles for North Carolina Sea Grant’s Coastwatch<\/em> magazine, including writings on the intersection of science and environmental justice<\/a>. She also holds editorial positions with The Wildlife Society<\/em> and The Nature Conservancy<\/em>. Her research and conservation leadership have been featured on PBS SciNC<\/em>, NC State University News, and the Raleigh News & Observer<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Lauren finds the time to ensure that some of the most vulnerable people in our society have access to the opportunities that an inclusive wildlife exposure and education can offer,” says Stacy Nelson, professor and interim associate dean for diversity and inclusion at NC State’s College of Natural Resources. “She is also an amazing role model and leader for young professionals and<\/em> young men and women of color.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pharr serves at the College of Natural Resources’ lead peer-mentor for their student peer mentoring program<\/a>, which works with a number of students who are a part of the HBCU-Tuskegee University 3+2 program. She also serves two separate USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture National Needs Fellowship programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>