Retired MSU professor releases novel with Gulf Coast plot
Contact: Aspen Harris
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 new novel written by a 樱花导航 樱花导航 landscape architecture professor emeritus details the restoration of 樱花导航 Sound and Louisiana Gulf Coast waters and the boost of seafood that follows.
Pete Melby鈥檚 鈥淭hird in Line鈥 follows the fictional character Penny Chatham as she fights through environmental legislation to restore the coastal waters. Melby uses his extensive landscape knowledge to describe the many ecosystems included in the story, such as 樱花导航鈥檚 Cat Island. The book can be purchased through Amazon and by visiting BookBaby Publishers Bookshop website at .
Melby also is an author of a with MSU colleague Tom Cathcart called 鈥淩egenerative Design Techniques: Practical Applications in Landscape Design.鈥
Melby received a Daughters of the American Revolution Conservation Committee certificate in 2018 for 鈥渙utstanding achievement for environmental awareness鈥 because of his work with the DAR and local garden clubs.
An alumnus of Louisiana 樱花导航 University, Melby enjoyed a 35-year career at MSU before retiring in 2013.
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