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Naturalist and Artist David M. Carroll is the author and illustrator of three widely acclaimed natural histories The Year of the Turtle, Trout Reflections and Swampwalker's Journal (the wet sneaker trilogy). And in 2004 he released his semi-autobiography "Self Portrait with Turtles" David is an active lecturer and turtles/wetlands preservation advocate. His art and writing, as well as his extensive fieldwork with turtles and wetlands has been widely recognized, and been the subject of many feature articles. His botanical and forestry paintings have earned him awards from the US Department of Agriculture and the International Society of Arboriculture. In 1999, he received an Environmental Merit Award from the Environmental Protection Agency. David is a graduate from the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and Tufts University. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of New Hampshire and an Honorary Masters from New England College. In 2001 he received the John Burroughs Medal for Literature in Nature Writing. David's presentations on turtle ecology, vernal pools, and other wetland habitats, as well as seminars and workshops on nature-journaling have been featured in numerous schools, colleges, universities, conservation institutions and libraries to audiences ranging from elementary schools to graduate student and professional herpetology symposia. His art work has been widely exhibited including shows at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (permanent collection), Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Plymouth State art gallery and the Dodd Center, University of Connecticut. He made the cover of Ploughshares in 1988. Click a book cover below for more info!
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