Lecture features leading conservationist

April 4, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lawrence A. Selzer, president of The Conservation Fund, will talk on “Forest Conservation in the 21st Century” as part of the John Gray Distinguished Lecture Series set for 10 a.m. May 2 at Gainesville’s Paramount Plaza Hotel.

Selzer’s talk, which is open to the public, is the keynote speech for the 38th spring symposium for the Florida Division of the Society of American Foresters, hosted by UF’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation.

Selzer’s nonprofit organization, which has helped preserve more than 5 million acres since 1985, works to help protect land and water resources, including wildlife habitat, rivers and wetlands, forests and historic sites.

The lecture series began in 1994 to honor Gray, director of the UF forestry school from 1964 until 1977.

For more information on the symposium, visit the Web at www.flsaf.org.