Gail Fishman to Speak at Historical Society Meeting

The Wakulla County Historical Society meeting on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 PM in the Public Library at 4330 Crawfordville Highway features

speaker Gail Fishman, employee of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, speaking on "The Civilian Conservation Corps; Going to Work Building for the Future"  Gail will begin with some background on forming the CCC and then go into the CCC in Florida in general and specifically camps in this area including the camp that worked on St. Marks Refuge which will also include early background on the refuge.

As a Florida native, Gail has had the misfortune of watching her home state disappear under asphalt, concrete and sod.  She has had an interest in natural history and is committed to protecting the plants, animals, and other aspects of nature and history that have no voice.  She has worked for Florida Defenders of the Environment, The Nature Conservancy, and The National Audubon Society.  She is author of Journeys Through Paradise; Pioneering Naturalists in the Southeast, an essay in Between Two Rivers, as well as magazine articles.  Gail has an abiding interest in the history of natural history and the culture and history of the southeastern United States.

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