Avid birders Lalise and Greg Mason are both longtime board members of SCENIC GALVESTON (SG) and have led birding teams on SG preserve lands since 2000. Greg is a Gulf Coast natural gas marketer. Lalise is a coastal habitat restoration professional, being primarily responsible, as a volunteer, for all of SG’s restoration activities since project inception. Since 2004, Lalise and Greg have participated in Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Great Texas Birding Classic competition, serving on winning statewide 5-day and regional 1-day tournaments, including, for the past several years, winning the Dawn to Noon competition anchored at the SG preserve. Apart from SCENIC GALVESTON, Lalise has served on several conservation boards, including the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, the International Crane Foundation and the Galveston Bay Foundation; she co-leads the Audubon Galveston County Christmas Bird Count. Greg is a certified International Federation of Fly Fishers casting instructor.