Carol Ruckdeschel is a
biologist
A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...
,
naturalist,
environmental activist and author. As a
Cumberland Island resident, she was involved in the creation and preservation of
Cumberland Island National Seashore.
She is the subject of the book ''
Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island'' by Will Harlan.
She has researched
sea turtles
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, ...
and endangered and extinct species around the Georgia coast.
Her residence on the north part of
Cumberland Island is currently owned by The
National Park Service, on the condition of her remaining there until her death.
Books
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Journal articles
* Robert Shoop, C., and Carol Ruckdeschel. "Increasing turtle strandings in the southeast United States: a complicating factor." ''Biological Conservation'' 23.3 (1982): 213–215.
* Frazier, J. G., Judith E. Winston, and Carol A. Ruckdeschel. "Epizoan communities on marine turtles. III. Bryozoa." ''Bulletin of marine science'' 51.1 (1992): 1–8.
References
External links
* http://wildcumberland.org/ (Website about Cumberland Island preservation and conservation issues)
1941 births
Scientists from Rochester, New York
People from Cumberland Island
Living people
American conservationists
Wildlife biologists
American women biologists
Activists from Rochester, New York
21st-century American women
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