Linda Rhodes, a longtime Greenbank resident who retired from a career as a research microbiologist at NOAA, joined the Audubon board earlier this year. We talked with Linda about her life on Whidbey and work with Audubon.

Michelle Munro stepped into the role of Membership Committee chair earlier this year. We talked with her about her involvement with Audubon and her advice to other backyard birders.

When I initially heard about the 2025 National Audubon Leadership Conference in Montreal, I quickly put aside the idea of attending. Even ignoring the distance to Quebec, the entrance fee for the event was expensive, and I suspected (correctly) that very few chapters would be attending from our state. Even so, as the conference crept closer, I had a nagging feeling that I had to go, knowing that the opportunity to connect with both the larger international conservation community and the hundreds of Audubon chapter leaders from around the country was one I couldn’t let pass by. Just a few hours before the registration closed….