GUNTERSVILLE — An overflow crowd is expected to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Eagle Awareness Weekends at Lake Guntersville State Park in January, and no one will be more excited about this achievement than Linda Reynolds and Renee Raney.
Reynolds was the first naturalist at Lake Guntersville State Park and a trailblazer who, with the help of volunteers, organized the first Eagle Awareness Weekend in 1985. That inaugural event was a life-changing experience for Raney, who attended as a college student from Jacksonville State University.
The Eagle Awareness Weekends are set for Jan. 23-25 and Jan. 30-Feb. 1, at Lake Guntersville. Visit www.alapark.com/ EagleAwarenessWeekends and click on the link to reserve a spot for a package holder, which includes lodging, several meals, all of the presentations and all of the guided tours during the event. Space is limited. Check back online in December for the availability of day passes.
Raney, Alabama State Parks’ Chief Naturalist, said she came to an Eagle Awareness Weekend when she was 18; it was one of the first conservation education programs she engaged with as a university student…