[nnasnet] Rex Sprinston to speak at the NNAS meeting tonight
- From: Bonita Wilson <bartikbk@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:14:18 -0500
A service of the Northern Neck Audubon Society---
Greetings:
Rex Springston will be presenting a talk at the December 2, 2013 meeting of the
Northern Neck Audubon chapter at 7:00 PM at Grace Episcopal Church, 303 South
Main Street, Kilmarnock. His talk will be titled "Covering the Environment". He
will talk about some of the stories he has covered and some of the
environmental issues that are big in Virginia. Springston plans to refer to
several bird stories he's written.
Springston covers environmental issues for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The
beat involves writing about everything from water and air pollution to uranium
mining, bald eagles, giant catfish and climate change.
A native of Norfolk, Springston got his environmental training at an early age.
Growing up in then-rural Princess Anne County, VA, before it became suburban
Virginia Beach, he caught turtles and snakes in the marshes near his home and
swam in the polluted Elizabeth River (without growing a third arm from the
chemicals in the water).
Springston holds a degree in English from Old Dominion University in Norfolk,
where he also did graduate work in urban studies.
He has won several writing awards, including a first-place Virginia Press
Association award in 2011 (shared with another reporter) for a series on the
effects of global warming on Virginia.
Springston lives in Richmond's Fan District with his wife Kathy, cat Windsor
and 21-year-old corn snake Cornpone. The only one that bites is the cat.
Springston last visited the Northern Neck -- and inadvertently made the news --
in mid-August, when he planned to look at some recovering oyster beds with Gov.
Bob McDonnell. Springston slipped getting into the boat and broke his arm. He
has almost totally recovered, but you might want to steer clear of his left
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