Retired 桃花直播 professor releases novel with Gulf Coast plot
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 new novel written by a 桃花直播 State landscape architecture professor emeritus details the restoration of 桃花直播 Sound and Louisiana Gulf Coast waters and the boost of seafood that follows.
Pete Melby鈥檚 鈥淭hird in Line鈥 follows the fictional character Penny Chatham as she fights through environmental legislation to restore the coastal waters. Melby uses his extensive landscape knowledge to describe the many ecosystems included in the story, such as 桃花直播鈥檚 Cat Island. The book can be purchased through Amazon and by visiting BookBaby Publishers Bookshop website at .
Melby also is an author of a with 桃花直播 colleague Tom Cathcart called 鈥淩egenerative Design Techniques: Practical Applications in Landscape Design.鈥
Melby received a Daughters of the American Revolution Conservation Committee certificate in 2018 for 鈥渙utstanding achievement for environmental awareness鈥 because of his work with the DAR and local garden clubs.
An alumnus of Louisiana State University, Melby enjoyed a 35-year career at 桃花直播 before retiring in 2013.
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