Bruce Smith
Nov 101 min read
Butterflies Need Our Help
Researchers investigating the status of 114 species of butterflies in the United States found that populations are declining at a rate of...
Bruce Smith
Oct 121 min read
The Promise Fulfilled
Two months ago, the final book in the Legend Keepers trilogy was released. For those of you unfamiliar with this series, I wrote these...
Bruce Smith
Aug 221 min read
Eco-anxiety
Kids have lots of worries in their lives: social pressures, family issues, gun violence in schools, bullying, and now another. Although...
Bruce Smith
Aug 11 min read
Shrinking Alpine
After countless days recreating and studying mountain goats in alpine habitats, these remote and rugged places occupy a special place in...
Bruce Smith
May 251 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
Apr 151 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
Dec 16, 20231 min read
Melting Arctic
This past summer, Arctic temperatures reached their warmest ever translating into thawing permafrost, flooding due to melting glaciers,...
Bruce Smith
Nov 12, 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
Sep 11, 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
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Losing Ice
Have you had someone give you a blank look when you've mentioned something about the climate warming? Even a response such as, "It's been...
Bruce Smith
Aug 14, 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
Jul 21, 20231 min read
That's hot!
I just returned from 10 days hiking in the Swiss Alps, a dream trip to the Zermatt and Jungfrau regions. Of course, the scenery was...
Bruce Smith
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Landmark Climate Case
This event is of such importance I had to write a blog post about it. On June 12th in Helena, Montana, a historic court case will...
Bruce Smith
May 7, 20231 min read
Rebalancing Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management, which manages more public land (245 million acres) than any other federal agency, may be on the cusp of...
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 8, 20231 min read
UN High Seas Treaty Reached
On the heels of last year's historic climate and biodiversity conservation agreements--multinational agreements to slow the climate's...
Bruce Smith
Mar 3, 20231 min read
The Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis
A n article published in The Proceedings of the National Academies of Science lays out a developing cycle resulting from increasing...
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
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Legend Keepers receives award
In the Feathered Quill national book awards competition, the second novel in the Legend Keepers series, The Partnership, won first place...
Bruce Smith
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Going, going, gone
The world's glaciers are frozen reservoirs of water that sustain nearly 2 billion people worldwide. As glaciers melt away, so do the...