MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • February 21, 2021
George Smith died on Feb. 12 after a four-year battle with ALS. Last weekend, the former director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine was remembered by Maine’s political and conservation leaders as a passionate advocate for Maine’s outdoors, who during an 18-year career as the SAM director helped protect the state’s wildlife and wild places and access to them. And George was all of that. But if you were lucky enough to spend time with him hunting or fishing, it became clear how much it all meant to him: living in Maine and knowing the woods and wildlife here. George loved the woods of Maine as if it were his home.