Dr. Steven Philip Christman

I spent a couple of weeks with Steve inventorying scrub habitats in south-central Florida, as well as joining him in a few advocacy efforts on behalf of Florida's natural environment. He was Florida's best field naturalist. He broke the mold.

Your wise spirit will roam this earth forever.

Anyone who knew Steve appreciated and admired Steve's brilliance and remarkable academic accomplishments.
Dr. Christman was a natural teacher who shared his knowledge and passions generously and we cherish all we learned from him. His enthusiasm was contagious. Among many other times we will think of him every time we hear an owl call Who, who, who cooks for you? We will never forget snakes might be venomous, not poisonous.

Steve also accomplished something that few people...

Mike and I met Steve through Jack and Candy Butler. He came out to our home a couple times to assist Jack with building our dock.

Steve was one of a kind. I was always in awe of how he could rattle off all the scientific names for plants, birds, reptiles and amphibians. If he answered your wildlife or plant questions you were guaranteed to get the correct response.

I loved his ability to just be "Steve". I believe he had an extremely soft spot in his heart under that...

so long . wish I knew him..

"May the new fields his spirit now explores yield undiscovered novelty." - D. W. Borland

Please accept my condolences for Steve's passing. I had the great fortune to overlap a bit with him in south-central Florida in the early 1990s. I admired him. Peace to his loved ones.

Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.