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ROGER MYERS RECEIVES BEST FRIEND AWARD

By Kathy Korbholz

Best Friend honors were bestowed on Roger Myers during a surprise good-bye party held at the Day Camp. The Executive Committee cast an early ballot so Roger could be given the award before he and his wife Leslie moved to Whitefish, Montana in early June. The Committee hopes to lure Roger and Leslie back to the Bay Area in October so we can present the Best Friend Award during the annual General Meeting.

Roger was genuinely surprised and moved by the number of friends (many from the MROSD docent program), the heartfelt thanks for his many contributions, and expressions of how much he will be missed. Leslie indicated he had no idea how many lives in the environmental community he had touched so profoundly.

The Best Friend award read:

Roger Myers Is a best friend of Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve

For his precedent-setting adoption of a threatened habitat (the “bush mallow site”) in 1999 and dedicated effort in personally removing 66,561 noxious plants in 3 years, effectively restoring it to a native habitat;

For his enthusiastic participation in Friends activities such as training docents in the reptiles, amphibians, and geology of Edgewood, leading docent walks, and supporting the Friends’ Adopt-A-Highway and general weeding efforts; and

For his grace, gentleness, generosity, and kindness that taught us to lobby for the critters and be stewards of the land.

Ed note: What better way to carry on Roger’s effort than to take over his site or adopt your own? You may consider forming a small group to adopt a site; that way the responsibility is shared, and it offers a chance to socialize in a beautiful setting. If you are interested, contact Ken Himes. He will help you select a site, give you instruction, a copy of the weeding permit and deputize you to weed on your own. (Since Edgewood is a natural preserve, all weeding must done under strict permit which involves counting the amount of each species removed.)


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