Bruce Smith
Apr 20, 20231 min read
Celebrate the Planet!
This week is National Environmental Education Week. It culminates in Earth Day celebrations on April 22 -- another American idea...
Bruce Smith
Mar 1, 20231 min read
Indigenous Peoples as Protectors
It's been said that forests are the lungs of the planet. Saving the Earth's tropical and temperate forests is an essential element in...
Bruce Smith
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Just hanging on ...
A bit of good news in the New Year. The most recent gathering of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal produced a...
Bruce Smith
Dec 15, 20221 min read
For Young and Old Alike
If you're like me and haven't yet finished your Christmas shopping, here's an idea. Get those readers in your life who like a good...
Bruce Smith
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Where did all the critters go?
I've written several blog posts earlier this year about the continuing loss of Earth's biodiversity. Not a happy subject. Yet, as with...
Bruce Smith
Sep 2, 20221 min read
The second Legend Keepers book
The second book in the Legend Keepers middle-grade series is here! Copies can now be ordered from bookstores and from online booksellers....
Bruce Smith
Jul 31, 20221 min read
Disappearing Climates & Biodiversity
Protected areas are biodiversity reservoirs around the globe. But as the warming of the planet's climate accelerates, species using...
Bruce Smith
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Nature's true value
Drawing on more than 1,000 scientific studies assessing the value of nature, a landmark study published by the Intergovernmental...
Bruce Smith
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Spillover: Emerging Disease Threats
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature in April discussed how interactions between people and animals are at the heart of...
Bruce Smith
Jun 6, 20221 min read
Rights of Nature
Following on my March 7th post about the newly enacted law in Panama, the highest court in India has likewise ruled that "Mother Nature "...
Bruce Smith
Mar 4, 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
Feb 4, 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
Dec 28, 20211 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
Oct 10, 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
Aug 27, 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 22, 20212 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
Jul 18, 20211 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....