Ramblings in the Field of Conservation

From the back cover: "it covers eighty years from the author's first lesson in conservation at the age of nin, to his award of an honary Doctor of Laws Degree at the age of eighty0nine for accomplishments in conservation and writing..." Eliot Barker was for 22 years the State Game Warden of New Mexico. The book tells of his efforts to battle for state's rights to manaage wildlife and the true story of Smokey the Bear, who was discovered and given to the US Forest Service by the author.