A Little about Me...

I grew up on Bay Road in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts where my parents, John and Linda, still live. I am a graduate of U-Mass (Amherst), where I earned a BS and an MS in Wildlife Biology and a minor degree in Forestry. Over the past 25 years I have worked as a Law Enforcement Ranger for the National Park Service, a Wildlife Biologist for the US Forest Service, a Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy, a Field Biologist for several research projects throughout the eastern half of North America, and as a Park Interpreter and Park Ranger for the Massachusetts State Parks. For the past eight years I have taught Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at Pittsfield High School. I have worked as a freelance nature writer and photographer since 1997 when I started writing my column Speaking of Nature for the Greenfield Recorder. In 2001 I published my first book - a compilation of some of my readers' favorite essays. In 2007 I started writing for the Albany Times Union and in 2008 I contributed a series of lectures on the geological history of the Earth to a wonderful book entitled The Bedside Baccalaureate. My latest book is another collection of reader favorites released in the spring of 2011.

I have been married for seven years and live with my beautiful wife (Susan Arbetter) in our home in Altamont, NY.

Learn more about some of my most interesting adventures.

To contact me about books, photos for sale, or speaking engagements please send an e-mail to: billd@speakingofnature.com

Copyright 2011 William Danielson

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