Tom Seymour is a two-time award-winning outdoor colulmnist and book author and a regular contributor to Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine. July 2006 marked the twentieth anniversary of Tom¿s award-winning outdor column "Waldo County Outdoors," which appears in the Republican Journal and Waldo Independent. Tom's book credits include Hiking Maine, Foraging New England, Fishing Maine, and the soon-to-be-released Birding Maine (FalconGuides). Additionally Tom wrote Tom Seymour's Maine: A Maine Anthology, and he edited and updated Maine Off the Beaten Path, and Hiking Vermont (Globe Pequot Press). Tom wrote Maine Wildlife, a Maine Sportsman publication. Tom also writes From The Ground Up, a regular column on gardening, for Courier Publications. Tom pens a blog, Wild Plants and Wooly Bears, for Courier Publications MaineCoast.com website. Tom appeared regularly on the Maine television show The Maine Outdoors, and also starred in the Ursus Productions vidio Nature¿s Garden. Tom is a registered Maine Guide.