If Linda Krop were a baseball player, her batting average would be on par with Shohei Ohtani. Working for the Environmental Defense Center since 1989 — and as chief counsel since 1999 — her specialty is in ensuring the biggest polluters don’t make a mess — and clean it up when they do. Environmental Defense Center Chief Counsel Linda Krop (left) received Congressmember Salud Carbajal’s (right) Woman of the Year Award for her environmental advocacy on the Central Coast. Over three decades of environmental advocacy, Krop has produced lasting protections for communities and ecosystems throughout the Central Coast, the congressional record states. “There are some people who show up when it matters, and then there’s Linda Krop, who shows up every single time for all of us,” said Maureen Ellenberger, chair of the Santa Barbara-Ventura chapter of the Sierra Club.