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Environment and Nature

Home Featured Authors & Panelists Programs by Subject 2025 Environment and Nature

10:30 am to 11:00 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent C
A Place for Pelicans: The Incredible Story of Queen Bess Island
Gayle Webre
(ages 8 to 12)

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Bayou Dilemma: Louisiana in Crisis and Change
Pearson Cross, Keith M. Finley, and Samuel C. Hyde Jr. 

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
The American Alligator: Abused, Protected, Restored
Robert W. Hastings with moderator Morgan Tarpley Smith

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: A Vision for Twenty-First-Century Science
Justin Shapiro with moderator David Johnson