

What's the real motive?
Protests against federal job purges Staff of crucial scientific and medical research CUT Stewards of our public lands: parks, forests,...
Bruce Smith
Mar 221 min read


Elk, winter feeding, and CWD
Feeding of elk on the National Elk Refuge I haven't posted about this topic for a while, but this reporting in WyoFile is newsworthy. ...
Bruce Smith
Jan 271 min read


More of Us, Less of Them
Newly published research in Science predicts that by 2070 almost half of Earth's land surface will experience increases in spatial...
Bruce Smith
Sep 13, 20241 min read


How High's the Water, Papa?
In my blog posts, I rarely link news articles, rather than the original source of the topics. This post is an exception. The linked...
Bruce Smith
May 25, 20241 min read


Conservation for Public Lands
A new Department of Interior rule could put conservation, recreation, and renewable energy on equal footing with traditional priorities...
Bruce Smith
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Restoring a river, reviving nature
This linked 5-minute video tells a very big story -- so big that there has never been such a restoration of a river system and its salmon...
Bruce Smith
Apr 15, 20241 min read


Wildlife during Wartime
An article about conservation I came across caught my attention. It describes the dangerous conditions under which Ukranian biologists...
Bruce Smith
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Save a snag
March is finally here, the month when spring arrives (according to my calendar), and our first migratory nesting birds return from their...
Bruce Smith
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Owl vs. Owl
This is a tough one. As this Smithsonian article explains, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes the killing of thousands of barred...
Bruce Smith
Jan 30, 20241 min read


Native Women Conservationists
November (I'm a bit late with this) was Native American Heritage Month. Among the many contributions native people make to the culture...
Bruce Smith
Jan 7, 20241 min read


Melting Arctic
This past summer, Arctic temperatures reached their warmest ever translating into thawing permafrost, flooding due to melting glaciers,...
Bruce Smith
Dec 16, 20231 min read


Live the Legend at Discount
If you've been waiting for the right time--or for the right person--to buy the Legend Keepers books, this is it! Hidden Shelf Publishing...
Bruce Smith
Nov 12, 20231 min read


Toad Conservation
For years, a small, relatively unknown animal has fought off extinction on the high plains of southeast Wyoming. Thanks to recovery...
Bruce Smith
Oct 21, 20231 min read


Legacy of Bison Slaughter
Most of us are aware of the rampant killing of American wildlife during the 1800s. This calamity reduced bison from an estimated 25-50...
Bruce Smith
Oct 5, 20231 min read


Upcoming event
For those of you in the Bozeman, Montana area, on Monday, October 16th, I'll be giving a presentation about Montana's mountain goats,...
Bruce Smith
Sep 29, 20231 min read


Legend Keepers continues
It was one year ago that the second book in my middle-grade novel series, Legend Keepers: The Partnership, was published. So, when do we...
Bruce Smith
Sep 11, 20231 min read


Game Changer: Montana Climate Case
Call it unprecedented, landmark, or just the best news since passage of the federal Inflation Reduction Act for fighting the climate...
Bruce Smith
Aug 14, 20231 min read


Frogs in the Desert
With all the discouraging news we hear about loss of biodiversity and environmental health, we need stories of conservation successes. ...
Bruce Smith
Jun 16, 20231 min read


CWD rages on
It's been some time since I posted about chronic wasting disease (CWD), the neurodegenerative and 100% fatal disease of cervids, species...
Bruce Smith
Jun 2, 20231 min read


A Wilderness Icon
For those of you in the Bozeman, Montana area, this Thursday, May 18th, I'll be giving a presentation about Montana's mountain goats,...
Bruce Smith
May 15, 20231 min read