\u201cWildfire\u201d, <\/a>with Harry Vanderweide.\u00a0 Episodes focus on hunting, fishing, conservation and environmental issues. \u00a0\u201cWildfire\u201d is now owned and produced by Maine Audubon and aired on the Time Warner cable station statewide.<\/p>\nHe also worked on many political campaigns and served on the staff of Congressman David Emery for 8 years.\u00a0 At the state level, Smith served on the Forest Legacy Advisory Committee, Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Board, Commission to Study Trespass Laws, Hatchery Commission, Submerged Lands Task Force, Great Ponds Task Force, and many other task forces and study groups.\u00a0 Smith told Stevoe that his interest in politics started in high school and really gained traction when he became president of the Young Republicans at the University of Maine.<\/p>\n
Smith served 5 years on the Winthrop Town Council, three terms as Mount Vernon Selectman, one term as Kennebec County Commissioner, 7 years on the Mount Vernon Planning Board, and 34 years as a Trustee of the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While in the TideSmart Talk with Stevoe studios author, columnist and television host George Smith sat down with host Steve Woods to discuss his experience in the legislature, Maine’s economic future and Smith’s new book “A Life Lived Outdoors”, coming out this spring. Woods and Smith also talked about Maine’s hunting and fishing industry, including the plan for a National Park in the North Woods. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}