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BRAW Receives the 2009 Joseph Hickey Award for Excellence in Bird Conservation
The Joseph Hickey Award for Excellence in Bird Conservation was awarded to Dr. Kent Hall, of Stevens Point, and the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW). When BRAW was organized in 1986 it was estimated that the Eastern Bluebird population had declined by 90% during the preceding 50 years. BRAW’s mission is to monitor and increase the production of bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds through a coordinated statewide nest box construction and monitoring program. Kent Hall has been a tireless advocate and activist for bluebirds, and
he serves on BRAW’s board of directors. For the past decade, Kent has excited so much interest in bluebird trails statewide that in 2007 Wisconsin was the top producing state with over 28,000 bluebirds fledged.
Photo: Left to Right: Braw Directors Kent D. Hall, Joseph Schultz, Jerry Schoen, Sue Hall, Mike Helgren, Claire Romanak, Patrick Ready