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By DIANA BIRD
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
The Rappahannock Library’s Friday evening programs, after a summer recess, will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, with a talk and slide show by John.C. Sawhill.
Mr. Sawhill is the president and chief executive officer of The Nature Conservancy, headquartered in Arlington. He will discuss protecting and saving tropical rain forests and coral reefs particularly in the Philippines and Indonesia.
The Nature Conservancy is an international conservation organization with 850,000 members committed to the preservation of threatened ecosystems and wildlife habitats using a variety of techniques to accomplish its mission.
The Conservancy has officers in many states, including one in Charlottesville. The summer “Virginia Chapter News” of the Conservancy features the acquisition, by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, through Conservancy action, of 1,000 acres on Buffalo Mountain in Floyd County. This peak, reaching to 3,971 feet, is now one of 16 natural area preserves covering more than 10,000 acres set aside to protect the state’s most significant species and natural communities.
Mr. and Mrs. Sawhill have a home in Harris Hollow. Mr. Sawhill, who received his doctorate in economics from New York University, has had a distinguished career in business, primarily in the field of energy, in education as president of New York University, and in government service in the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations in the Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget. He is the author of a number of books, articles and reports.
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