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From Texas shrimp boat captain to anti-microplastic activist, author and environmentalist Diane Wilson fought a mega-corporation and won multiple awards for her
Hurricane Ian left an indelible mark on southwest Florida, especially our barrier islands, when it made landfall on Sept. 28, 2022 as a powerful category 4 storm with 150+-mile an hour winds and storm surge levels we hadn’t seen in this part of Florida for decades. Our guest has lived on Sanibel Island for nearly 40 years, and he writes about this area’s flora and fauna so has a keen sense of the natural world around us, particularly on the barrier islands. Charles Sobczak has published ten books, including \“The Living Gulf Coast: A Nature Guide to Southwest Florida\” and \“Living Sanibel: A Nature Guide to Sanibel & Captiva Islands\” and he gives lectures on topics like \“The Changing Face of Nature\” and \“The Great Florida Invasion – From Pepper to Pythons\” and his newest one, which reflects on Hurricane Ian, is called \“Surviving the Storms: Hurricanes, Humans & Wildlife.\”
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge provided the following updates for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, at 1 Wild