Ted Lee Eubanks

Ted Lee Eubanks, currently residing in Austin, Texas, is involved in studying and promoting experiential tourism as a sustainable economic approach for communities. Former Texas Governor Ann Richards named Eubanks to the Governor's Task Force on Texas Nature Tourism that developed a nature tourism plan for Texas, and he represented Texas in October 1995 at the White House Tourism Summit. In addition, Eubanks is a founding member of the board of directors of the Texas Nature Tourism Association. Eubanks serves as a member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Landowner Incentive Program Steering Committee, a program to help support landowners who wish to enhance their properties for endangered or threatened species.

Nationally, Eubanks serves as a founding board member of Watchable Wildlife Inc. In addition, Eubanks has served as a member of the board of directors of the National Audubon Society and is a former president of the Texas Ornithological Society.

He has spoken and published widely on environmental, natural history, and nature tourism issues, and has been the recipient of the Roger T. Peterson Excellence in Birding Award, the Take Pride in America Certificate of Merit (U.S. Department of the Interior), the Steve Thompson Award for Special Achievement on Behalf of Wildlife (Rio Grande Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas), and is the first recipient of the Chandler Robbins Conservation/Education Award from the American Birding Association.

In order to expand beyond research and development to actual application of nature tourism "best practices," Eubanks recently formed a new corporation - World Nature Trails. In future months this new company will begin to offer a variety of goods and services to support the development of nature tourism initiatives and projects.

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