Dr. Christopher Craft, a co-Principal Investigator of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystem (GCE) LTER (http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu) and professor of Rural Land Policy at Indiana University, has been named the 2012 Science Research recipient of the prestigious National Wetlands Awards by the Environmental Law Institute. The awards recognize individuals who have made exceptional and innovative contributions to wetlands conservation.
One of six awardees honored on May 10 at the awards ceremony at the U.S. Botanic Garden (http://www.usbg.gov/), Craft is a world-renowned wetlands scientist and his research has produced almost 90 highly cited peer-reviewed publications that have made a significant contribution to our understanding of how wetlands function.