GINA DONOVAN is executive director of the Houston Audubon Society. Co-founder of the East Texas Forest & Wildlife Coalition, she also served on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Rivers Conservation Advisory Board. She has canoed nearly 400 miles of the Neches River.
STEPHEN D. LANGE is a Regional GIS Specialist for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Division in Tyler, Texas. ADRIAN F. VAN DELLEN, DVM, is a retired United States Air Force pathologist and an avid canoer and nature photographer.
TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE is a forty year-old conservation organization that protects rivers, forests, wildlife, and other natural resources. The Allliance leads the initiative to have the Neches River designated as a National Wild and Scenic River.