North Carolina State Parks: First Edition
Thomas Lehman received a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Purdue University in 1967. In 1969-1970 he held a postdoctoral appointment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  From 1971-1973 he taught (in French) at the National University of Zaire, now the National University of the Congo. For many years he taught chemistry in liberal arts colleges in Ohio and Kansas. Returning to UNC, he concluded his career by serving as Assistant Editor of Environmental Science & Technology for 5.5 years, then held the same post for Physica D for four years.  He is author or co-author of 20 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Michael Lee received a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000, where he was a Davie Scholar and graduated with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa recognition. He is a database developer and database manager in plant ecology and botany. His assignments have included database work and field crew management for a Duke Forest project, the Carolina Vegetation Survey (2000-present), VegBank, the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, and the University of North Carolina Herbarium. From 2011-2013 he also  designed and implemented a database system for long-term vegetation monitoring in 14 national parks in seven southeastern states. He is an author of two publications of database studies.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.