2016

Christine Gault

When Christine Gault became the first Sanctuary director 30 years ago, she laid the foundations on which today's Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary is built. She established the 3-part mission of conservation, education and research that makes Jug Bay a place we love. She started the scientific advisory committee and filled it with great scientists who had a similar vision for the sanctuary. She established a volunteer program that continues to thrive. Christine made sure that the Friends of Jug Bay got started and established an appropriate relationship between the Friends and the staff that endures today. She taught the Friends that it is okay to advocate for the protection of the surrounding area. That led to the growth of the Sanctuary to the size it is today. The 2016 Jug Bay award is in recognition of the fact that nearly everything you see and experience here, directly or indirectly, has Christine Gault's thoughts and actions behind it.