Honoring Their Legacy
Remembering members whose service, leadership, and love for the natural world continue to inspire South Florida Audubon Society.
The South Florida Audubon Society is built on the passion and dedication of people who gave their time, knowledge, and energy to protecting birds, wildlife, and the natural places we cherish. This page honors members who are no longer with us, but whose contributions continue to shape our organization and community.
We remember them with gratitude and carry their commitment to conservation forward.
In Loving Memory
Grant Perrin Campbell
Conservationist • Leader • Champion for Wildlife
The South Florida Audubon Society honors the life and legacy of Grant Perrin Campbell, a devoted conservationist, leader, and longtime champion for wildlife. Grant passed peacefully on October 9, 2020, his 82nd birthday, and is reunited with his beloved wife of nearly 53 years, Ruth Ann Campbell.
Grant served SFAS for more than 15 years as Director of Wildlife Policy, Conservation Chair, and Board Member. His advocacy helped shape environmental policy and hands-on conservation throughout Broward County.
He had a special love for burrowing owls and personally built hundreds of artificial burrows, now known as the Campbell-Mealey Flood-Zone Artificial Owl Burrow.
Grant’s life was defined by dedication to his family, his craft, and the natural world he worked tirelessly to protect. Raised in Michigan as one of nine children, he learned the value of hard work early and became a skilled carpenter capable of building everything from homes to musical instruments. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he founded G. Campbell & Sons, contributing his expertise to projects including insulating cruise ships at Port Everglades.
One of his most impactful achievements was his proposal to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, which led to the establishment of a conservation easement at Port Everglades. The resulting Port Everglades Wetland Enhancement Project became a model for restoration success, with 16.5 acres of thriving mangroves and native plants where development was once planned.
Grant will be remembered as intelligent, strong, humble, fearless, and deeply kind. His legacy lives on in the habitats he helped restore, the policies he helped shape, and the countless lives—human and wildlife—that he touched.
In Loving Memory
Dan Warren
Conservationist • Environmental Leader • Humanitarian
The South Florida Audubon Society honors the life and legacy of our member, Dan Warren, whose lifelong dedication to conservation and community empowerment leaves a lasting impact worldwide.
Dan founded One Village Planet, an international nonprofit focused on environmental sustainability and supporting communities in developing regions.
His work combined ecological restoration with education, helping communities build the knowledge and tools needed to sustain conservation efforts for generations.
Among his many accomplishments, Dan led efforts to plant over one million trees and mangroves in Haiti and Ghana, helping to restore critical habitats, protect coastlines, and strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable communities.
Dan’s passion, vision, and commitment to conservation inspire all of us. His legacy reminds us of the profound difference one individual can make in protecting our natural world.
In Loving Memory
Kenneth Cole Schneider, MD, MPH
Birder • Photographer • Conservationist • Bald Eagle Advocate
Kenneth Cole Schneider, MD, MPH, devoted much of his life to birds, natural history, photography, and conservation. His fascination with birds began in childhood and grew into a lifelong pursuit rooted not simply in identifying species, but in understanding their habitats, behaviors, and ecological relationships.
By age 13, in the winter of 1948, Ken had begun keeping a serious bird list. Over the course of his life, he recorded 589 species in the United States and Canada, along with hundreds more during travels abroad. Birding became more than a hobby for him—it became a path into ecology, habitat protection, scientific observation, and a deep appreciation for the natural world.
Ken was also an accomplished bird photographer. Through thousands of photographs, he documented South Florida’s birds, seasonal migrants, nesting activity, wildlife behavior, and natural areas. Ken was a member of the South Florida Audubon Society and shared the organization’s commitment to conservation, environmental education, and community science.
A Special Devotion to the Pembroke Pines Bald Eagles
Among Ken’s most enduring contributions was his extraordinary dedication to the neighborhood Bald Eagles of Pembroke Pines. Ken and his wife, Mary Lou, photographed the eagles mating on December 4, 2007. The nest was located in March 2008, beginning years of intensive observation and documentation.
Ken followed the eagles through breeding seasons, courtship, nesting, hatching, fledging, mortality, adult behavior, and changes around the nest site. What began with observing a pair of birds became a remarkable long-term record of one Bald Eagle family’s history. He helped create a community around them.
Ken served on the City of Pembroke Pines Mayor’s Bald Eagle Sanctuary Steering Committee and became one of the most dedicated observers and record keepers associated with the nest. He also created the Broward Bald Eagle Forum, providing a place where residents, birders, photographers, and eagle watchers could share observations, photographs, field notes, and information.
By August 2020, Ken’s records documented at least 25 chicks produced at the nest, with 19 confirmed to have fledged.
A Legacy of Observation, Stewardship, and Love for Birds
Ken demonstrated that conservation often begins with something deceptively simple: paying attention. Returning to the same place. Watching the same birds. Recording what happens. Recognizing when something changes. Sharing those observations with others.
His love of birds led naturally to a concern for the ecosystems that sustained them. Birding became ecology. Photography became documentation. Observation became advocacy. And a neighborhood Bald Eagle nest became a conservation story that inspired an entire community.
As Ken’s health declined and he eventually moved away from South Florida, he worked to ensure that the monitoring and stewardship he had helped establish would continue. His records and knowledge helped provide a foundation for continued eagle monitoring by local conservationists and volunteers.
Today, the Pembroke Pines Bald Eagles remain part of a conservation legacy that Ken helped create. His photographs, observations, writings, and decades of careful documentation preserve far more than individual sightings. Together they tell the story of someone who loved birds deeply enough to spend a lifetime watching, learning, recording, and advocating for them.