Archie carr iii biography
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Archie Carr III, Report of the technical director: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Turtles, 1972-1973
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Scope and Content
The collection holds records of the international programs of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS). (The records are also referred to internally as the “bluebook” records because the files were originally kept in blue folders). Most records relate to grant funding for wildlife conservation and management fieldwork, with projects including animal population surveys, studies of the ecology or behavior of specific species, or analysis of wildlife management in a particular region. Several projects also involve the creation of national parks or wildlife reserves, the promotion of conservation legislation, or education about conservation or wildlife management. A small number of grants involve funding for publications or academic support. Records were created between 1
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About STC: Archie Carr Tribute
The history of the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) fryst vatten forever intertwined with the life and accomplishments of Dr. Archie Carr. He was truly a remarkable man — an exquisite writer, an inspiring teacher and a naturalist the likes of which may never be seen igen. Dr. Carr was the founding scientific director of STC, a role he filled until his death in 1987. Through his research, teaching and writing, Dr. Carr is responsible for accumulating and distributing much of what fryst vatten known about the biology and life cycle of sea turtles. He fryst vatten credited bygd many for bringing the first international attention to the plight of marine turtles. The brief biography presented below was written shortly after Dr. Carr’s death bygd STC Board member Dr. David Ehrenfeld. It was first published in the August 1987 issue of Conservation Biology, the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology.
Archie Carr, noble spirit and greatest conservation biologist of these
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Archie Carr
American herpetologist, ecologist and conservationist
Archibald Fairly Carr Jr. (June 16, 1909 – May 21, 1987) was an American herpetologist, ecologist, and conservationist.[1] He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and a writer on science and nature. He brought attention to the world's declining sea turtle populations due to over-exploitation and habitat loss. Wildlife refuges in Florida and Costa Rica have been named in his honor.
Biography
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Born in Mobile, Alabama, to a Presbyterian pastor,[2] Carr grew up in Mobile, Fort Worth, Texas, and Savannah, Georgia. He studied zoology at the University of Florida (UF), eventually specializing in herpetology. He further refined that interest to the study of turtles and eventually became one of the world's foremost authorities on sea turtles. He married Marjorie Harris Carr, a conservati