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16-year-old Garrett Southers is one of 10 people awarded the Eagle Award each year from the Alabama State Parks. He won the award from his Eagle Project with the Boy Scouts, where he installed five osprey nesting platforms around Lake Guntersville State Park. The idea originally came from Michael Ezell, the naturalist for the park at the time, who suggested either that or re-painting and re-finishing his classroom. Southers liked the osprey idea better and decided to go forward with that project. The osprey around the park had begun nesting in areas where they couldn’t be easily viewed b...

MONTGOMERY – The winners of the fifth annual Eagle Awards have been announced by the Alabama State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Eagle Award is presented to people and organizations who have made outstanding contributions in support of the parks. Ten winners were selected for 2020 from nominations submitted. • Shar and Phil Roos with A Year to Volunteer, Joe Wheeler and Buck’s Pocket State Parks (Volunteer in the Park) • Randy  Householder of Montgomery, from Alabama Outdoor Adventurer (Community Partner) • Hail...