The Pennsylvania Audubon Council Eastern Chapter gathered at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA on November 2, 2024 to discuss challenges common to the three PA Council Chapters, to prioritize issues and to collaborate on solutions.
In the afternoon, Leigh Altadonna, President of the Pennsylvania Audubon Council, and Peter Saenger, President of the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society, presented the “Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award” to Muhlenberg Professor Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr. for his decades of avian research, including studies on bird deaths caused by window strikes.
Dr. Klem was nominated for this honor by the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society and the Presque Isle Audubon Society, and he was selected unanimously by the Council’s Executive Committee.
The award is a framed limited edition print of a Peregrine Falcon that was originally created to help fund the Lycoming Audubon Society's Peregrine reintroduction project in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Pictured with his family, Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr., author of Solid Air, accepts the “Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award” presented to him by the Pennsylvania Audubon Council