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Mary Ivy Burks

Mary Ivy Burks (1920-2007), was one of the founders and the first president of the Alabama Conservatory.

Biography

Mary was born Mary Louise Ivy in Birmingham, Alabama to Earl and Lorene Ivy on December 11, 1920. Mary obtained her degree in English from Birmingham-Southern College in 1942. After graduating, she begin working as a reporter for the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post. In 1946, Mary married organic chemist Robert E Burks Jr. The two had a son, Robert Ivy Burks, and Mary spent most of her time caring for their child, which meant that she was very involved with her community. While volunteering in the community Mary met Blanche Evans Dean, an activist and self-trained botanist in the area. Together they explored National Forest in the area.

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 founded and Burks was the first president. The organization tackled many problems, such as water pollution and the effect of pesticide run-off.

In 1969, the Conservancy took effort in supervising the cutting of trees in Alabama’s oldest national forest.

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