Kitsap Audubon Society has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Rachel Kagen, a senior at Central Kitsap High School.

Scholarships are given to students who plan to pursue academic degrees in environmental studies or related science, in keeping with Kitsap Audubon’s mission, “…to preserve the natural world through education, environmental study and habitat protection….”

Award certificates were presented during the May 8 meeting of Kitsap Audubon at the Poulsbo Library.

Also receiving a scholarship was Annie Roberts, a senior at Kingston High School.

Kitsap Audubon has given $17,500 in scholarships to graduating high-school seniors in Kitsap County during the last nine years.

Kitsap Audubon meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, from September through May, in the community room of the Poulsbo Library. To learn more, visit Kitsap Audubon’s web site at www.kitsapaudubon.org, or contact Gene Bullock at genebullock@comcast.net or 360-394-5635.

For scholarship information, contact Sandra Bullock at roadrunner1957@comcast.net or 360-394-5635.