GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Greensboro leaders are pushing for input on how to make the area of the Lawndale Drive, Battleground Avenue and Westover Terrace corridor better for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Community members shared what they want to see done and why things need to change at a meeting Monday evening. Some people said the […]
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Last spring the pandemic upended North Carolina’s plans for its advocacy day and organizers had to pivot to a fully digital event, including adapting their trainings and approach to fit those needs. Building on all of the learning from last year’s adapted event, Audubon North Carolina expanded its ability to reach and train new advocates by giving last year’s volunteers the tools they needed to become trainers in their own right.
That work paid off on February 10 when more than 100 ambassadors, college students, volunteers, and bird advocates met with 41 lawmakers to talk about Audubon North Carolina’s top priorities for this legislative: growing the state’s conservation trust funds, supporting clean energy and storage, and finding solutions to the heirs’ property problem.