{"id":142422,"date":"2019-02-01T13:17:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=142422"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:00:35","slug":"esri-founders-receive-prestigious-audubon-medal","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-founders-receive-prestigious-audubon-medal","title":{"rendered":"Esri Founders Receive Prestigious Audubon Medal"},"author":1312,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[172442,172432,172402,172412,172422],"arcnews_issues":[117382],"class_list":["post-142422","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-2015-national-audubon-society-gala-dinner","tag-audubon-medal","tag-esri-founders","tag-jack-dangermond","tag-laura-dangermond","arcnews_issues-summer-2015","arcnews_sections-news"],"acf":{"short_description":"Esri founders Jack and Laura Dangermond received the Audubon Medal during the 2015 National Audubon Society Gala Dinner held in New York City.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":142562,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The National Audubon Society awarded Esri's founders, Jack and Laura Dangermond, the Audubon Medal at its annual gala dinner on March 31.\r\n\r\nThe award acknowledges exceptional work in conservation and environmental protection. It is one of the highest distinctions in the field.\r\n\r\nThe Dangermonds were recognized for their accomplishments in technology and conservation innovation, as well as their support for research institutes, schools, and nonprofits.\r\n\r\nAudubon president and CEO David Yarnold presented the award. He pointed out that the Dangermonds' commitment to the environment and their development of innovative GIS technology have allowed his organization to support conservation solutions and share empowering data with citizen scientists throughout the United States.\r\n\r\nJack Dangermond spoke on behalf of himself and Laura. He accepted the medal on behalf of their colleagues at Esri, the company's nonprofit partners, and Esri software users worldwide, noting that the award was \"special because it acknowledges the work that we've been doing.\"\r\n\r\nEsri equipped Audubon with $11.2 million worth of software, which has helped, among other things, to preserve one of the world's most important bird breeding grounds\u201411 million acres in Alaska that attract birds from all seven continents.\r\n\r\n\"The maps aggregate different types of data, from soil type to rainfall to demographics of people living in those places,\" said Yarnold. \"You can put all those together and you can actually see the potential outcomes.\"\r\n\r\nIn his acceptance speech, Jack Dangermond said that if we can unify the two worlds of nature and technology\u2014like the National Audubon Society has done\u2014he \"will have a lot more hope for the future.\""}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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