Travis Audubon is sad to report that Terry Hershey, a leading figure in the environmental movement in Texas died Thursday. She was 94.

Ms. Hershey is credited with saving the natural beauty of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou, preventing the Army Corps of Engineers from turning it into a concrete channel. She championed many conservation causes over her lifetime and inspired thousand of others to join her in making a difference.

She was a strong advocate for Texas parks and was a member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. George H.W. Bush famously said of Ms. Hershey, she was a “force of nature for nature.”

In 2013 she told the Houston Chronicle, “I made little differences here and there. That’s all you can do as one human. You can help by joining groups that do good things, and you can give your time if you’re lucky.”

Because of the important role she played, Audubon’s Texas Women in Conservation Program named the Terry Hershey Award in 2015. The award recognizes outstanding women leaders in the conservation field in the Lone Star State.

Terry Hershey was a woman of great passion and generosity and she will be missed by many.