LENOX, Mass. Becky Cushing-Gop, director of Mass Audubon West, is one of the 2021 cohort of winners of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, a distinction that comes with a certificate of commendation and $1,000 honorarium from the Garden Club of America. As director of Mass Audubon West s network of 18 wildlife sanctuaries, which includes Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lenox, Cushing-Gop is the driving force behind the successful Berkshire Environmental Literacy Program, a core component of environmental education for elementary students in western Massachusetts. Our work with teachers and schools throughout Berkshire County is critically important in providing early childhood experiences in nature and foundational science understanding, said Cushing-Gop. We have only been able to expand this work because of our incredibly talented education staff team, which continues to grow, and the amazing network of teachers and administrators who have witnessed the po