Nancy DeStefanis
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Nancy H. DeStefanis is an American environmental educator, field ornithologist and lecturer. She is credited for discovering and documenting the first colony of great blue herons to nest in San Francisco in 1993, and for monitoring them for the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory every year since then—an activity that earned her the nickname of "Heron Lady of Golden Gate Park".[1][2][3] She features in Heron Island (1998), a short documentary directed by Judy Irving about the heronry of Stow Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.[4] In 2005 she received the Jefferson Award for Public Service.[5]
DeStefanis is the founder and executive director of San Francisco Nature Education, a nonprofit introducing children in underserved schools to urban nature conservation and science. Prior to working as an environmental educator, DeStefanis was an attorney who served as a community organizer for the United Farm Workers Union and as executive director of California Women Lawyers.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ungaretti, Lorri (2014). Legendary locals of San Francisco's Richmond, Sunset, and Golden Gate Park, California. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4671-0177-6. OCLC 885224856.
- ^ "Blue Herons, chicks nesting in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park". ABC7 San Francisco. April 14, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ Alessandra Bergamin. "Great blue herons at Stow Lake, San Francisco". Bay Nature. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ Heron Island, retrieved February 20, 2020
- ^ Maddan, Heather (April 30, 2005). "The Jefferson Award: Nancy DeStefanis, naturalist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ "San Francisco Nature Education - About Us - Staff". sfnature.org. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ Coale, Kristi (June 18, 2020). "The Heron Lady of Golden Gate Park is Still Watching". Medium. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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