Service Award: Karla Beatty, 10 Years

At the July 2008 meeting of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, OCC/Conservation Programs education coordinator, was recognized for 10 years of service to the Conservation Commission and the state of Oklahoma. From left are Karla Beatty, OCC education coordinator; Dan Lowrance, OCC chair; and Mike Thralls, OCC executive director.

At the July 2008 meeting of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, OCC/Conservation Programs education coordinator, was recognized for 10 years of service to the Conservation Commission and the state of Oklahoma. 

Karla joined OCC in 1999 after working for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Robert Toole, OCC/Conservation Programs director, noted that Beatty serves on the executive boards for the National Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) and Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education, the planning committee for Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, and represents OCC as chair of the Oklahoma Environmental Education Coordinating Committee. Karla and her husband and son live in Edmond.