New Research Vessel Named for Recent Sully Award Winner Bill Hogarth
With the crack of two bottles of champagne and a blessing from a local priest, Florida’s newest research vessel, the R/V W.T. Hogarth, was christened
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With the crack of two bottles of champagne and a blessing from a local priest, Florida’s newest research vessel, the R/V W.T. Hogarth, was christened
Please join us in welcoming Drue Banta Winters to AFS. Drue joins AFS as the new policy director, temporarily sharing the role with Tom Bigford
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