The Stroud Water Research Center will honor award-winning author and fisherman Paul Greenberg with the 2024 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence at the Water's Edge Gala on September 19 at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.

Greenberg has written six books, including The New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food.

He is currently the writer-in-residence at The Safina Center, Paul contributes to academic life as a visiting scholar at the University of Washington’s Ocean Nexus Center, and as an adjunct professor at New York University’s Animal Studies Program in Manhattan.

In summers he runs a study-abroad program on the Mediterranean Diet in Greece for Boston’s Northeastern University.

He has been recognized by awards including a James Beard Award for Writing and Literature, a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and many others.

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Updates From Stroud

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[Posted: July 12, 2024]

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