While there have been a few bumps in the road in creating the environmental education center that the late George Olds, and his sister, Margaret Olds Strahl, had envisioned when they donated almost 400 acres of primary land, with a mile of waterfront, east of Easton Airport in 1981 to the Audubon Society, director Mark Scallion feels every year the Pickering Center is becoming closer and closer to their intentions.
Scallion, whose entire career since graduating from college has been at Pickering, became director fourteen years ago and has slowly and methodically put into place a remarkable resource for the Mid-Shore. Devoted to education, free to the public, and open every day of the year, Pickering is one of a handful of environmental education programs on the Eastern Shore and one of the few organizations devoted to the middle of Delmarva.
In his Spy interview, Mark talks about the legacy of the Olds family, his journey to Pickering and discusses many of the high impact education programs the Audubon Center offers the community.
Footnote: Pickering Audubon Center is named after Pickering Creek, which honors landowner Francis Pickering, who bought the land in 1758.
This video is approximately six minutes in length.
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