Harold Nelson Gibbs - Artist Info

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    Harold Nelson Gibbs (1886-1970), Posthumous Distinguished Naturalist 2004

    In 2004, the Rhode Island Natural History Survey made two Posthumous Distinguished Naturalist awards at its 9th Annual Conference, “Ecological Research in Rhode Island,” on March 5, 2004, at Rhodes On-the-Pawtuxet in Cranston. Harold Nelson Gibbs received the award “for pioneering work in shellfish aquaculture in Narragansett Bay and promotion of Rhode Island’s first anti-pollution legislation.” The following remarks were prepared by Gibbs’ granddaughter, Charlotte Sornborger, past president of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust and project leader for the diamondback terrapin research project in Barrington:

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