Saturday - October 12, 2024 - 10:00 A.M.
"Exhibit Opening"
Exhibit ending November 16, 2024
Tuesday - October 15, 2024 - 7:00 P.M.
Lecture of the Birds of Laurens County
Thursday - November 7, 2024 - 7:00 P.M.
Lecture of Reptiles and Mammals of Laurens County
This will be a two phased lecture session and exhibit on the Wildlife of Laurens County.
Edwin Eugene "Gene" Ott, a well known Laurens Countian with the love of the outdoors. Mr. Ott is an environmental engineer, futurist, philosopher, amateur herpetologist, writer and photographer. In 1967 he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BS degree in Physics and in 1972 he graduated from Clemson with a MS degree in Environmental Systems Engineering.
Gene is currently retired but for thirty four years he practiced consulting engineering in the environmental arena, specializing in the use of computer models to predict the fate of pollutants in the natural environment.
For several years he worked for the State of South Carolina developing and implementing statewide programs for managing the construction of publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities and development of river basin and a areawide quality management plans.
In his early career, he performed research in the United States Air Force concerning fuel fire and explosion suppression in aircraft fuel tanks under flight conditions. His research was often cited in the investigation of the 1996 crash of TWA flight 800 for which the probable cause was found to be an explosion of the center wing fuel tank.
As an amateur herpetologist, he developed the South Carolina Reptiles and Amphibians website. Through his website, he spreads education about these creatures and helps many concerned persons identify the species encountered. Nature photography is one of his passions and he maintains online images of South Carolina birds and mammals and I am currently working on a book on wildlife of Laurens County.
Awards of Honor
2004 - Artist-In-Residence by the South Carolina State Park Service
2009 – South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award
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