The best source of information about the chapter is our online archive of the JVAS newletter the Gnatcatcher, which dates back to the chapter's founding in 1969. Here are some additional documents in PDF form:
- 1965 letter from National Audubon to John Orr telling him how to set up what was then called a branch
- 1969 letter from National Audubon to John Orr congratulating him on being elected as JVAS's first president
- original (provisional) charter, granted on 29 September 1969
- the original map of the JVAS Christmas Bird Count circle, centered on Culp in Sinking Valley
- Fort Roberdeau County Park trail guide, written and illustrated by JVAS members in the 1970s
- Fort Roberdeau County Park species checklists
50th Anniversary Booklet
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JVAS Officers 1969 – present
1969 - 1972
President John Orr
VP Al Richardson
Secretary Gladys Glisson
Treasurer Jack Hancock
1972 - 1974
President Earl Higgins
VP Al Richardson
Secretary Margaret Chonko
Treasurer Truth Close
1974 - 1978
President Mike Chonko &
Don Wharton (1975)
VP Mary Slippey &
Bill Rosevear (1976)
Secretary Betsy Vogel &
Claire White (1976)
Treasurer Martha Sullivan
1978 - 1980
President Bill Rosevear
VP Truth Close
Secretary Anne Borland
Treasurer Colette Heller
1980 - 1984
President Colette Heller &
John Orr (1982)
VP Truth Close &
Wilson Kreitz (1982)
Secretary Anne Borland
Treasurer Madge Quick
1984 - 1988
President Marcia Bonta
VP John Lennox
Secretary Angeline Stout
Treasurer Janet Neely
1988 - 1990
President Wilson Kreitz
VP Dave Kyler
Secretary Jana Atwell
Treasurer Janet Neely
1990 - 1994
President David Kyler
VP Bill King
Secretary Gene Zielinski
Treasurer Janet Neely
1994 - 1998
President Stan Kotala
VP Bill King &
Terry Wentz (1998)
Secretary Gene Zielinski
Treasurer Marge Hoyer
1998 - 2000
President Terry Wentz
VP Charlie Hoyer
Secretary Gene Zielinski
Treasurer Marge Hoyer
2000 - 2004
President Charlie Hoyer
VP Cindy Moore
Secretary Gene Zielinski
Treasurer Marge Hoyer
2004 - 2006
President Cindy Moore
VP Dave Bonta
Secretary Shirley Wagoner
Treasurer Warren Baker
2006 - 2009
President Stan Kotala
VP Dave Bonta
Secretary Shirley Wagoner
Treasurer Warren Baker
2009 - 2010
President Terry Wentz
VP Dave Bonta
Secretary Charlie Hoyer
Treasurer Warren Baker
2010 - 2014
President Dave Bonta
VP Laura Jackson
Secretary Alice Kotala
Treasurer Warren Baker
2014 - 2018
President Laura Jackson
VP Mark Bonta
Secretary Sharon Clewell
Treasurer George Mahon
2018 - 2022
President Catie Farr
VP Laura Jackson
Secretary Sharon Clewell
Treasurer George Mahon