Ramblings in the field of conservation
By: by Elliott S. Barker.
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: [Santa Fe, N.M.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Barker, Elliott Speer, 1886-; Conservationists -- New Mexico -- Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Dr. Barker lived with his wife Ethel in Santa Fe until his death in the late 1980's or early 1990's.  My copy of the book is paperpack, signed by author, given as a gift to me in 1984.