David M. Carroll (born 5 January 1942) is an American
naturalist, author and illustrator.
He has investigated for the
endangered species programs of
New Hampshire
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,
Vermont
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,
Maine
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, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the
National Park Service
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. He lives in
Warner, New Hampshire
Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,937 at the 2020 census. The town is home to Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge State Forest.
The town's centra ...
.
Awards
* 2009
National Book Award
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The Nat ...
Finalist, Nonfiction
* 2006
MacArthur Fellows Program
* 2001
John Burroughs Medal for distinguished
nature writing
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* Environmental Merit Award from the EPA
* Tudor Richards Award, from NH Audubon Society
Works
* ''The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History'', DIANE Publishing Company, 1999,
* ''Trout reflections: a natural history of the trout and its world'', St. Martin's Press, 1993,
''Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001,
''Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005,
''Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009,
References
External links
"Naturalist David Carroll Wins MacArthur Grant", ''NHPR'', Lisa Peakes, September 19, 2006.
* (talk at Tufts University)
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1942 births
American male writers
MacArthur Fellows
Living people
People from Warner, New Hampshire
Writers from New Hampshire