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Artist's Statement "Most of my nature photography has been done since my wife Marilyn (a native West Virginian) and I moved to Lewisburg during the summer of 1991 following my retirement as Professor of Environmental Health in the University of Cincinnati. If the photographs give pleasure to the viewer, one of my main purposes will have been fulfilled. A higher purpose will be served, however, if they are a reminder that the natural beauty around us is fragile and must be protected if it is to endure. Overpopulation, industrialization and mismanagement are destroying ecosystems worldwide at a pace that should alarm everyone. Although West Virginia has been relatively isolated and underpopulated, so that a large part of its natural beauty remains intact, complacency will be costly. If decisive action to reverse current trends is not taken soon, much of this beauty probably will not survive until the middle of the twenty-first century."
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