Anne Rudloe
lives in Panacea, Florida. She and her husband Jack run the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, an independent nonprofit environmental center and aquarium. She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University, where she teaches courses on marine biology and environmental issues. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, and numerous scientific journals.
Anne Rudloe, Ph.D. is the Managing Director of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory where she has led its transformation into an award winning non-profit environmental center and public aquarium. She is the author of 18 scientific research publications in the fields of animal behavior, marine ecology and endangered species research and has administered grants of nearly $1 million in the fields of museum management, graphic exhibit design, sea turtle biology, marine biomedical research, environmental quality, and marine ecology.
She has taught classes in marine biology, Florida coastal, upland and spring ecosystems, invertebrate zoology, behavioral ecology, environmental science, fisheries biology and oceanography at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College for 19 years.
She is the author of two books:
Butterflies on a Sea Wind: Beginning Zen
and (together with co-authors E. Whitney, Ph.D. and B. Means, Ph.D.)
Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species
.
Of
Butterflies on a Sea Wind
,
Publishers Weekly
has said, "Writing with a haunting beautiful appreciation of the natural world . . . reveals her maturing depth . . . can also articulate ineffable mystery with easy grace." And Primary Point says, "lyrical meticulous descriptions . . . make the area . . . seem an enchanted place, one of the most beautiful on earth."
Of
Priceless Florida
, renowned Harvard biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson has said "For anyone with any interest in the natural history of Florida, or for that matter natural history in general,
Priceless Florida
is hard to put down." And Florida Senator Bob Graham comments, "Understanding our state's unique environment is important for Floridians. An appreciation of the native ecosystems enables us to make wise decisions for the future. This guide is an excellent tool for discovering the natural treasures abundant in Priceless Florida."
Anne Rudloe is also the author or co-author of 14 popular articles on natural history that have appeared in
National Geographic
,
Smithsonian
,
National Wildlife Magazine
and many other publications. She has been a newspaper columnist and a commentator on public radio.
As an environmental activist, she headed the successful land acquisition campaign for a 1,000 acre addition to a federal wildlife refuge and developed a management plan for the Florida Big Bend Sea Grasses Aquatic Preserve. She took a leadership role in team based resource preservation efforts that successfully prevented real estate development in a 500 acre coastal wetland and placed it in public ownership; managed a national campaign to protect a 2,000 hectare seagrass ecosystem from marina and golf course development and reduced the environmental impact of another marina adjacent to public lands; reformed commercial timber management practices to enhance management for endangered species on over 1 million acres of public forests in Florida.
See University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Special Collections for Jack and Anne Rudloe's
archived manuscripts
.
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