The Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Peal on their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. Peal is a Lead Conservationist, a visionary, and the founder of SCNL. Mr. Peal is a recipient of many prestigious awards, and the 2000 Goldman Environmental Prize receipient: Mr. Peal helped to create the Sapo National Park, Liberia’s first National Park, he fled Liberia’s civil war, and he sustained the conservation movement from abroad for nearly 10 years.