Katherine Goodbar

Dallas | Educator

Ms Goodbar was a Dallas resident, high school science teacher, and educator at the Richardson Environmental Studies Center. Through her classroom work and frequent field trips, she introduced thousands of students to the wonders of the outdoors. As well, her love of nature led her to guide numerous tours through the Big Thicket, and help lobby for its protection as a federal biological sanctuary. She also sought to provide private protection to other Texas natural systems through her work as a board member and stewardship chair of the Texas Land Conservancy, the largest Texas-based land trust, which protects over 70,000 acres scattered among more than 90 preserves. Finally, in another effort to protect natural resources, she participated (serving as its president during 1982-83) in the successful effort of the Richardson Environmental Action League to create a city-wide, staffed recycling program there in Richardson. For this and other accomplishments, she received the coveted Chevron Conservation Award in the year 2000.