MERTF awards Murphy award to DePalma
Lisa DePalma, pictured with a cormorant she saved off Fort Myers Beach, is a volunteer with CROW. She was named a Murphy Award winner for her selfless efforts to rescue wildlife by the Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force. Photo provided
The Fort Myers Beach Marine & Environmental Resources Task Force (MERTF) recognized Lisa DePalma, a long-time resident, with its Murphy Award. DePalma silently saves distressed creatures one at a time as a volunteer for the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), Lisa performs most of the pickup and transportation of injured wildlife on Fort Myers Beach.
In the past year, DePalma saved a cormorant on Fort Myers Beach and retrieved a snowy egret found in a neighborhood yard with a broken wing. She is always on call and has been pecked, bitten and scratched on a regular basis and we thank her for it.