Tony has been working in the field of environmental education, with emphasis on southeastern animals and plants, for three decades. During his college years and following his graduation from Georgia Southern University in 1985 he worked in a variety of positions as a naturalist in state and national parks and nature centers. He also worked for 20 years as the outreach program coordinator for the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.

Tony is now the Education Director for the Spring Island Trust. His duties include co-teaching the Master Naturalist Program, conducting educational school programs and teacher workshops and leading field trips for nature groups. Tony writes and hosts the award-winning TV nature program Coastal Kingdom that airs on SCETV, the South Carolina Channel and the County Channel. Although Tony spends a major portion of his time teaching and writing, he continues his extensive field study of plants and animals of the Southeast.