Thomas A Buhr

Thomas A. Buhr is a native Michigander and lifelong fisherman, chasing everything from bluegills and bass to snappers and snook. As a fourteen-year-old, he moved to Boca Raton - a place nobody had heard of yet - and fell in love with Old Florida. Watching "progress" steal away this magical land also spawned an interest in conservation.While working his way through the academic thicket with degrees from the University of Miami, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Michigan,...See more

Thomas A. Buhr is a native Michigander and lifelong fisherman, chasing everything from bluegills and bass to snappers and snook. As a fourteen-year-old, he moved to Boca Raton - a place nobody had heard of yet - and fell in love with Old Florida. Watching "progress" steal away this magical land also spawned an interest in conservation.While working his way through the academic thicket with degrees from the University of Miami, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Michigan, Buhr found time for freelance writing. For over thirty years, Tom Buhr has written for magazines, including Field & Stream, Florida Game & Fish, The Fisherman, Michigan Out of Doors, and Midwest Fly Fishing, as well as several pieces for academic journals. He was editor of The Riverwatch and won an Award for Conservation Journalism from The Sierra Club in 2011. His first novel, The Outgoing, won a Silver Medal in the Global Book Awards.Buhr has been a member, often serving on the board, of several Michigan-based conservation organizations. When not fishing, writing or protecting wild places, he cheers for his favorite sports teams: the Leicester City Foxes, the Michigan Wolverines, and the Miami Dolphins. See less