Green Drinks + Green Leads

Wednesday May 30th @ 6:00 pm

Speaker:Jim Stevenson

Mr. Stevenson served as Chief Biologist for the Florida State Park System for 20 years during which he developed the educational and the land management programs for the state park system. He was Chairman of the Florida Springs Task Force that developed a protection strategy for Florida’s springs and he was Director of the Governor’s Florida Springs Protection Initiative that implemented springs protection projects.Jim retired in 2003, after 38 years with the Department of Environmental Protection. In recognition of his dedication to the protection of Florida’s springs, the State of Florida named a spring on the Suwannee River “Stevenson Spring” in his honor. And for his longstanding stewardship of Florida’s public lands, the Governor and Cabinet dedicated the Department of Environmental Protection’s highest award the “Jim Stevenson Resource Manager of the Year Award” that is given annually to the most deserving state lands manager. Jim continues his springs protection work by serving on the Florida Springs Task Force and coordinating the Wakulla Springs Basin and the Ichetucknee Springs Basin working groups.

5th Avenue Taproom - Manor @ Midtown
(Adjacent to Finnegan's Wake)
1122 Thomasville Road
Tallahassee, FL 32303

Join us for conversation, networking, and the pursuit of accomplishing the mission of "promoting environmental stewardship through education and econmic development."