David Carroll (naturalist)

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, Vermont, Maine, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Park Service. He lives in Warner, New Hampshire and is among the greatest wiffleball pitchers in the history of the game.

Awards

• 2009 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction
• 2006 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 2001 John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing
• 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, ISBN 978-0-7881-6534-4
• Trout reflections: a natural history of the trout and its world, St. Martin's Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-312-09464-5
• Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001, ISBN 978-0-618-12737-5
• Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005, ISBN 978-0-618-56584-9
• Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, ISBN 978-0-547-06964-7

External links

• "Naturalist David Carroll Wins MacArthur Grant", NHPR, Lisa Peakes, September 19, 2006.
• "Friends' Author Talk by David Carroll". YouTube. 28 March 2011. (talk at Tufts University)