This website is dedicated to the
memory and lives of two wonderful women, Anne J. and Ernestine Harvey! These two women left an incredibly positive and
lasting mark on the world and all those who were privileged to be their friends.
I first met Anne around the Winter of 1991/92 in
Tallahassee, FL. I then worked for the Florida State Parks and I met Anne during her interview for the Park Manager
position at Torreya State Park. Anne of course got that position and would later do great work at Torreya.
In the Spring of 1994
Anne contacted me to do natural history surveys of a large and new addition to Torreya State Park, the Rock Creek tract.
I immediately accepted the job and was very excited to work in one of the most unique natural areas and state lands of Florida.
The foothills and ravines of the Appalachian mountains that run from Lake Seminole, southward to approximately Bristol are
one of the most extraordinary ecoregions of Florida. I was also honored that Dr. D. Bruce Means was able to be involved
in the project. I learned a great deal from Anne and Bruce during that period of my life. Anne's outstanding
cultural and natural resources management of Torreya would leave a lasting impact for decades to come.
(Left) Anne Harvey holds a Rough Green snake captured and documented during natural history surveys
of the Rock Creek tract of Torreya State Park, c.1994.
(Right) Ernestine Harvey participates in a reenactment event at a Florida State Park.
(Below) Anne holds an injured hummingbird she
rescued and cared for, c. 2004 while working at St. Joe State Park.
After doing outstanding work at Torreya State Park,
Anne later went on to become the park manager at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, in Gulf County, FL, along the Gulf of Mexico.
(Below) While serving as the St. Joseph park manager, Anne Harvey received the State
of Florida 2000 Resource Manager of the Year award! This award was signed by the State Cabinet of Florida, including
then Florida Governor Jeb Bush and future Governor Charlie Crist.
