Sam Lovall is the author of a book titled Mud Lake, focusing on wetlands, biodiversity and climate change. Part of the narrative of his story focuses on how exposure to the outdoors as a kid can help foster a conservation ethic later in life. He reached out to me about his book and background and I quickly locked him in as a guest.
In addition to being an author, Sam has over 35 years of landscape architecture experience in design, construction, and grant writing for parks, riverfronts, trails, and environmental planning projects.He also teaches landscape architecture classes for Michigan State University. In 2020, Sam received the Environmental Law Institute’s National Wetlands Award for Local Stewardship. Now residing on Lake Huron, he lives nearby the special places he writes about.
I hope you enjoy the conversation! Don’t forget to get yourself a copy of Mud Lake by Sam Lovall.