Members will be sorry to hear that Dr Bob Page passed away, peacefully and surrounded by his family, on July 11th.
Bob was chairman of the Natural Environment Committee from 2008 until 2011, when he stepped down due to ill health. Before his retirement he was for over 20 years the Chief Executive Officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and was fundamental in enabling the Trust to grow into the charity it is today. He oversaw many key purchases and leases of land and was a driving force for so many of the Trust environmental policies.
For us, the Natural Environment Committee of RDS, we are grateful not only for his chairmanship in the early days of the committee. He was a prime mover in getting Fishlake Meadows into management as a nature reserve, and was also one of the volunteers at the reserve. A supremely knowledgeable botanist, he was always ready to help with identifying unusual plants, and only last year he helped lead a summer walk looking at the flowers in the Meadows.
He will be sadly missed by us all.
