More about the Author: Clay Henderson is an award-winning en vironmental lawyer\, educator\, and writer long involved in environmental policy. He has served as president of Florida Audubon Society and Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. His previous public service includes Flor ida Constitution Revision Commission\, Florida Communities Trust\, and Cha ir of the Volusia County Council. Until his retirement\, he served as Exec utive Director of the Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University. He has been recognized with the national public servic e award from The Nature Conservancy\, lifetime achievement award from Envi ronment and Land Use Section of the Florida Bar\, and Florida Trust for Hi storic Preservation\, and an EMMY award for the documentary Protect Our Pa radise. \; He has published four books\, including Forces of Nature\, an environmental history of Florida\, which received the Stetson Kennedy Florida Book Award.
\nThis Lit Chat Interview is the final program in the eight-part 'Convers ation Series' at Jacksonville Public Library that began in May. A 60-minut e program consisting of a 40-minute conversation between environmental aut hor\, educator\, and lawyer Clay Henderson and Ryan Worthington followed b y 20 minutes of audience Q&\;A. A book signing will follow with books a vailable from S an Marco Books and More.
\nFunding for this program was provided through a grant from the \;Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not \;necessarily represent those of Flo rida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.
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This is an 8-part series consisting of a variety of library programs on conserv ation and the environment with the Duval Audubon Society\, North Florida L and Trust\, and the St. Johns Riverkeeper.
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Did you know that all of our Lit Chat authors' books count toward yo ur Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion? Find out what other authors we're hosting this year and join in the fun!&nb sp\;
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