TURNER PUBLISHING • February 28, 2020
George Smith has always been, among other things, an avid sportsman. Some of his earliest memories are of hunting and fishing with his dad, Ezra, and close friends. He spent 18 years as the executive director of the Maine Sportsman’s Alliance. And he also cares deeply about land conservation. In 2018, Smith donated his 125-acre woodlot in Mount Vernon to the Kennebec Land Trust, intending that it be used to educate the community about keeping habitats intact for Maine’s wildlife. Though these two perspectives – outdoorsman and conservationist – are often assumed to be separate and divided, Smith demonstrates and discusses how important it is that everyone be on the same team when it comes to caring for the natural spaces around us.