Outdoor Adventuring with author Bruce Smith

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Dr. Bruce Smith will discuss and read from his latest book, Stories from Afield: Adventures with Wild Things in Wild Places. These 16 stories range from humorous to harrowing encounters with wildlife and other close calls and adventures of a wildlife biologist in Wyoming, Montana, and elswhere. The stories share a common thread: the wonder and unpredictability of wild nature and the necessity of safe-guarding it. Stories from Afield was named a finalist for the 2017 Western Writers of America Spur Awards.

Bruce Smith retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2004 after a thirty year career as a wildlife manager and scientist. He was named Wyoming’s Conservationist of the Year in 1997 and received the John and Frank Craighead Wildlife Conservation Award in 2005. Besides his scientific publications, he writes for magazines and has published five books.