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Education and Professional Background
B. S. (1982) and M.S. (1988) University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Bob began his professional career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Manager of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, Massachusetts where he was responsible for coordinating and conducting scientific research, monitoring wildlife resources, public use control, visitor information and interpretation; master planning; maintenance of facilities; and liaison to federal endangered species recovery teams, state fish and wildlife agencies and various public and private conservation groups and agencies. He then moved to Maine to become Interim Manager of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, where he was responsible for developing annual work plan, and reports documenting major activities, issues and management opportunities; coordinating scientific investigation; preparation of financial applications to funding agencies.
 In 1988 he became one of the original partners in Woodlot Alternatives, Inc, a biological and environmental consultant firm specializing in critical area/species identification and management, wetland identification and mapping, land management plan preparation, and land use planning guidance. In 1995 he left to form his own company, Casco Bay Environmental. In the fashion of a true Mainer, he began simultaneous careers as an outdoor writer and registered Maine guide.
Background Writing Experience
Authored or co-authored more than 20 technical publications
Author of thousands of magazine and newspaper articles and columns on hunting, fishing, firearms, conservation and other outdoor-related tops.
Contributor to several books including The Best of North American Hunter, Hunting Camp Almanac, and Bowhunter's Digest 4th and 5th Editions and Archer's Bible.
"He belongs to the school of woodsmen my grandfather used to describe as "hard hunters." That is to say, individuals who take their sport seriously, go about it in a fashion where their dedication is matched only by their sporting ethics, and realize that in the school of the outdoors graduation day never arrives."
- Jim Casada, contributing editor to Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine
Honors and Awards
New England Outdoor Writer’s Association Scholarship - 1986
New England Outdoor Writer’s Association Annual Writing & Photography Awards
| Best Column Magazine - 1997 |
Best Opinion Magazine - 1999 |
| Photograph Color Action 2nd place - 1999 |
Transparencies Fauna 1st Place - 2000 |
| Transparencies Fauna 3rd Place - 2000 |
Column Magazine 2nd Place - 2000 |
| Column Magazine 3rd Place - 2000 |
Transparencies Still Life 1st Place - 2001 |
| Images Fauna 1st Place - 2001 |
Images People 1st Place - 2001 |
| Transparencies People 2nd Place - 2001 |
Transparencies Fauna 1st Place - 2002 |
| Transparencies Fauna 2nd Place - 2002 |
Transparencies Action 2nd Place - 2002 |
| Images Fauna 1st Place - 2002 |
Column Magazine 3rd Place - 2003 |
| Transparencies Action 2nd Place - 2003 |
Transparencies Flora 3rd Place - 2003 |
| Transparencies Fauna 2nd Place - 2003 |
Column Magazine 2nd Place - 2003 |
| Column Magazine 3rd Place - 2003 |
Article Magazine 2nd Place - 2003 |
| Transparencies Scenic 1st Place - 2004 |
Transparencies People 1st Place - 2004 |
| Transparencies Still-Life 1st Place - 2004 |
Transparencies Fauna 1st Place - 2004 |
| Best Column Magazine - 2005 |
Article Magazine - 2nd Place - 2005 |
| Transparencies Scenic 1st Place - 2005 |
Transparencies Fauna 3rd Place - 2005 |
| Images People 3rd Place - 2005 |
Best Column Magazine - 2006 |
| Best Article Magazine - 2006 |
Humor Magazine 2nd Place - 2006 |
| Images People 2nd Place - 2006 |
Images Fauna 2nd Place - 2006 |
| Images ction 3rd Place - 2006 |
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Committees
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge - Master Planning Team, 1985 - 1987
Massachusetts Wildlife Federation - Director 1987 - 1990.
The Wildlife Society, Maine Chapter
Chairman, Information and Education Committee, 1991
Secretary Treasurer 1991 - 1992
President 1995 - 1996
Ducks Unlimited, Maine
Matching Aid in Restoring State Habitat (MARSH) Committee Chairman 1991 - 1994.
Merrymeeting Bay Chapter Chairman 1993 - 1995
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve - Resource Management Committee, 1992 - 1998
Board of Editors, The Maine Naturalist, 1993-1996
Town of Pownal Conservation Commission, 1992 - 1994, Chairman - 1994-1999
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Non-game Advisory Board - 1994-2000
Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine - Deer Task Force - 1996, 2006
Maine Bowhunters Association - Board of Directors - 1997 - 2000
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Wild Turkey Working Group - 2000
Town of Pownal, Budget Committee, 2004-2008
Freeport-Pownal Little League - Board of Directors - 2007-2008
Qualifications
Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society, Washington, D.C. 1995
Registered Maine Guide
Qualified Hunter Safety Instructor, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - specializing in landowner relations and hunter ethics
Active Member, Professional Outdoor Media Association
Active Member, New England Outdoor Writers Association
Current Activities
Deer Biology &Behavior Editor for Buckmasters; Whitetails Editor for Petersen's Bowhunting,; Crossbow Editor for Whitetail Journal, Muzzleloading and Bowhunting Editor at On Target, Turkey Hunting Editor, Outdoors Magazine, Hunting Editor (freelance), Maine Sunday Telegram, Contributing Columnist, Wildfowl, Field Editor, Yamaha Outdoors website.
Pro Staff, ThermaCELL.
Regular contributor to regional and national magazines, with credits in several dozen regional and national magazines including: Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, American Hunter, Deer & Deer Hunting, Turkey Call, Grouse Point Almanac, North American Hunter, Hunting the Country and many others.
Publications
Works in Progress
Pro Tactics: Deer Hunting, Globe Pequot Press, due in mid 2010
Contact Information
Telephone 207-688-4966
Mailing Address
727 Poland Range Road
Pownal, Maine 04069
E-mail
bob@bobhumphrey.com
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