Dennis MinskyDennis Minsky's essays have appeared on the Cape Cod Notebook segment of WCAI, and in the Year-Rounder column in the Provincetown Independent; he has also had fiction, reviews, and profiles published in Provincetown Arts magazine. His career as a fied biologist began in 1974, at Cape Cod National Seashore, protecting nesting terns and plovers. He also worked for the Park Service in the Everglades and Big Cypress Preserve, and in southern California for various state and federal agencies. After earning a master's degree in Biology, he taught Environmental Science in New Jersey for 20 years, returning to the Cape each summer to work for the Center for Coastal Studies, Art's Dune Tours, and the Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch, where he is still employed as a naturalist. He worked for many years at the iconic Ciro & Sal's Restaurant, and still considers the experience formative. He has been a resident of Provincetown since 1968 and returned fulltime in 2005. Since then he has been active in the Provincetown Conservation Commission, the Open Space Committee, the Community Preservation Committee, the Tree Advisory Group, and the Provincetown Conservation Trust. Read More Read Less