Rain Bird’s Conservation Efforts Awarded

Rain Bird Corporation has received the 2003 R. Marlin Perkins Conservation Organization of the Year Award – in recognition of the company’s commitment to programs and initiatives that inspire environmental preservation and water conservation on a global basis.

The award, presented by St. Louis, Mo.-based World Bird Sanctuary, is presented annually to the organization that meets the overall criteria of exhibiting concern and interest in the plight of all wildlife species and their respective environments, as determined by a panel of judges culled from the World Bird Sanctuary’s senior management.

“This is a great honor for Rain Bird,” notes Stacy Sharkey, corporate marketing brand manager. “We have been at the forefront of irrigation technology for nearly 70 years, and water conservation has always been at the core of our philosophy. Rain Bird is deeply concerned with the environment and is committed to promoting stewardship of the Earth's resources – of which water is among the most precious.”

The award, named after the late R. Marlin Perkins, former member of the World Bird Sanctuary Advisory Board of Directors, and host of the “Wild Kingdom” television program that brought wildlife into American living rooms for 21 years, has been awarded just seven times in the past 14 years.