ERIC G. BOLEN is a retired professor of biology and marine biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he also served as dean of the graduate school. He served as editor of The Wildlife Bulletin, assistant director at the Welder Wildlife Foundation, and president of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 publications, most recently the book An Abundance of Curiosities: The Natural History of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain.