Craig Pittman
This week's episode begins with good news on the conservation front and increasing numbers of a once critically endangered Florida butterfly. And our guest is Tom Portuallo, founder and CEO of Iguana Control. Tom has spent more than a decade removing invasive iguanas from South Florida homes and yards.
Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature.
