Adriana Del Rio
Tinker Air Force Base Texas Horned Lizard Habitats
Adriana Del Rio, from Edmond, Oklahoma, is being honored for her Gold Award Project titled "Tinker Air Force Base Texas Horned Lizard Habitats." She focused on addressing the issue of the Texas Horned Lizard species' habitat concerns. She built six new habitats, each slightly different, to see which the lizards liked best. Adriana worked with the National Resources Conservation Office to create safer habitats away from the gravel trails at Tinker AFB. The safer habitats will be monitored and sustained by the National Resources Conservation Office to protect the Texas Horned lizard species.