About Mary Ivy Burks
Lived 1920 – 2007 (aged 86). Mary Ivy Burks was an American naturalist and environmentalist.
Mary Ivy Burks (December 11, 1920 – February 16, 2007) was an environmental activist who helped create and served as the first president of the Alabama Conservancy, an organization aimed at preserving Alabama's environment.
Alabama Conservancy By the 1960s Burks and other members of the Birmingham Audubon Society felt that Alabama's environmental policies needed help and needed a non-profit organization separate from the state. In 1967, the Alabama Conservancy was established and hosted its first meeting in the Burks's home.
The Alabama Conservancy is now named the Alabama Environment Council.
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Who was Mary Ivy Burks?
environmental activist and conservationist
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Mary Ivy Burks was born on 11 December 1920 in Birmingham.
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Mary Ivy Burks died on 16 February 2007.
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Mary Ivy Burks was a naturalist and environmentalist.
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Mary Ivy Burks was American.
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