Ward Stone — former wildlife pathologist

Ward Stone, Ph. D., wildlife pathologist for the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation for more than 40 years, has fought his way back from a series of strokes that almost killed him. “I can’t walk, but I can think,” he says. At almost 82, the passion he’s had since his boyhood for wildlife and for discovery is unquelled. He says in this week’s podcast that he has an unfinished job — to fight for the environment. He recalls helping Mohawks discover what was polluting their water, working to identify the West Nile virus in New York, and predicting the sort of pandemic that we’re suffering from now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.