it is my pleasure to present the environmental service award to johanna wald.y few people stand out like johanna and i can say this from my working experience with her in the environmental commission that she had a long history of knowing it all from her work with american west, and her passion is evident from earlier times. she graduated from cornell university and yale law school and joined the natural defense counsel and served for more than 40 years as an attorney and land director and worked on safeguarding species and the next generation. when she retired in 2015, she did so as one of the leading experts on federal land and natural resources management and strong advocate for america's wildlife and wild land. when mayor brown brought her here, she worked on the environment and since no one has served longer than johanna has and for over 40 years, she helped chart a path for the complexity of the programs that have involved. at the commission meeting, johanna knew what to ask precisely and what to analyze and cut through the noise. we deal with a lot of de