The EIPA Annual Membership Meeting for 2021 is scheduled as an online ZOOM meeting on November 13, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. Why another ZOOM meeting? The EIPA Board sees the persistence of Covid-19 cases in our region as a good reason to follow CDC guidelines and avoid scheduling large crowds indoors. NOTE!! Current and former EIPA members who provide their email address on the mailed Membership Renewal Form will be provided with a ZOOM link for the Annual Membership Meeting the week before the event. New members may submit the Membership Application available on our website PreserveEdisto.com under the Take Action/Join tab.
The Annual Meeting will include a short business meeting with a synopsis of 2021 EIPA activities and the results of Board elections. Presentation by our Keynote Speaker, Ms. Felicia Sanders.
Felicia Sanders has been working 30 years on conservation efforts for a wide diversity of bird species and joined South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in 2001 and leads South Carolina’s Seabird and Shorebird Projects. Her primary tasks are promoting conservation of important sites for nesting and migrating coastal birds, surveying seabirds and shorebirds, and partnering with universities to research their life histories. She is a coauthor on numerous scientific publications and has traveled to the Arctic 5 times to participate in shorebird research projects. Felicia Sanders went to graduate school at Clemson University, majoring in biology and received a BS in biology from Duke University. Last year she was awarded the Biologist of the Year by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, whose members include 15 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Just last month, she was featured in a CBS News spot, telling the story of her team’s discovery of a population of 20,000 Whimbrel using Deveaux Bank as final stopover before their migration flight to nesting sites in sub-Arctic Canada. Felicia indeed knows and cares for our magnificent sea and shorebirds.
