Nature’s Rights
Panama’s president, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law far-reaching protections for the natural world last week. The legislation, which...
Bruce Smith
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Life on the Rocks
In a continuing effort to build a following for conservation of mountain goats, this podcast interview with Exo Mountain Gear aired...
Bruce Smith
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Biodiversity and Disease Spillover
In a recent post, I discussed how humans have been infecting free-roaming wildlife and zoo animals with Covid 19. These are cases of a...
Bruce Smith
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Legend Keepers receives awards
It’s been 5 months since my debut novel, Legend Keepers: The Chosen One, was released. As a writer who had never published fiction...
Bruce Smith
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Covid and the Human-Wildlife Interface
A variety of zoo animals are becoming infected by Covid19. Some are dying from the disease. Although we can’t be certain, it seems likely...
Bruce Smith
Jan 14, 20222 min read
The Passing of a Giant
By now you may have heard that over the past 2 days, the world has lost 2 men each of whom were luminaries in their fields: Archbishop...
Bruce Smith
Dec 28, 20211 min read
Two Turkey Day
It’s Thanksgiving Day, a truly American tradition, and we’re all settling in for hams, roast elk, and of course turkey with all the...
Bruce Smith
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Moose on the Loose
Fall must be the time for road trips (or perhaps in the case of this moose, to seek a mate). This short video shows an efficient...
Bruce Smith
Nov 13, 20211 min read
Nature Documentary
A heads up about an upcoming Nature special televised on PBS next week. Born in the Rockies airs at 7 pm on November 10 and the second...
Bruce Smith
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Chronic Wasting Disease Chugs On
I haven’t posted about CWD for some time. This article in the Montana Free Press prompted me to write a brief update. In my home state of...
Bruce Smith
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Legend Keepers event
Legend Keepers: The Chosen One has now been on bookshelves and for sale at online websites for over a month. Unlike my previous books,...
Bruce Smith
Oct 10, 20211 min read
What do we owe wildlife?
As the article in this link details, the West’s megadrought is threatening wildlife in many ways: lack of water to drink, metabolic...
Bruce Smith
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Trout in Trouble
Fly fishing in the Rocky Mountain West has become big business. As more and more people escape the confines of urban living, either...
Bruce Smith
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Too Hot for Bears
As this blazing hot and drought-stricken summer continues across the western US and Canada, it’s not just us humans feeling the heat....
Bruce Smith
Jul 18, 20211 min read
The Heat Is On
Like many of you, I’m sweltering through an historic heatwave plaguing the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains. My hometown in...
Bruce Smith
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Welcome
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Bruce Smith
Mar 14, 20141 min read