All posts tagged Craig Pittman

Mary Keith, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival

By | September 29, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior | No comments

Mary Keith—the field trip coordinator for the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, taking place Oct 15-17, based at the Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, Florida—recalls first becoming enchanted with birding decades ago, as the daughter of botanists, growing up in rural Pennsylvania. Read more…

Craig Pittman, author of “Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save The Florida Panther”

By | January 22, 2020 | Authors, Cats | No comments

Craig Pittman—the veteran environmental reporter at The Tampa Bay Times, and author of multiple books, most recently, “Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save The Florida Panther”—explains why, having written a 2010 Tampa Bay Times series about the Florida panther, “Dead Cat Walking” (which serves as the core material for the new book) almost a decade passed before publishing “Cat Tale.” Read more…

Craig Pittman, an award-winning staff writer for The St. Petersburg Times

By | December 1, 2010 | Authors | No comments

Craig Pittman, an award-winning staff writer for The St. Petersburg Times, discusses manatees and assorted related issues, politicians and other figures explored in his latest book “Manatee Insanity: Inside The War Over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species.” Read more…