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HOUSTON ZOO CALL OF THE WILD SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS CARTER SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE NOVEMBER 17, 2010

(11/01/2010)

The Houston Zoo’s Call of the Wild Speaker Series resumes on November 17, 2010 with Carter Smith, Executive Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

A native of Austin, Carter Smith developed his passion for wildlife and the out of doors at a young age while roaming his family’s farm and ranch land interests in Gonzales, Williamson, and Edwards Counties. He has a wildlife management degree from Texas Tech and a master’s degree in conservation biology from Yale University. He began his professional career in 1992 as a management intern at TPWD, assisting in the Private Lands and Public Hunting programs. As a biologist, he has worked on a variety of research projects ranging from studying moose in the boreal forests of Saskatchewan to pronghorn antelope in far west Texas.

Smith serves on a number of conservation-related boards of directors and advisory councils and was recently named an outstanding alumnus by Texas Tech and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Prior to his selection as TPWD Executive Director, Carter Smith was with The Nature Conservancy of Texas, serving as state director, where he led a team that protected nearly 250,000 acres.

About the Call of the Wild Speaker Series

With conservation and environmental issues becoming hot-button topics for debate across the world, the Houston Zoo’s Call of the Wild Speaker Series offers a forum for global conservation leaders to share their knowledge, concerns and plans for the future.

Enjoy an evening of scrumptious hors d'oeuvres, breathtaking photographs and first-hand stories from conservationists on the frontlines in the battle to help save the world’s wildlife. Proceeds of the Call of the Speaker Series benefit our local and global conservation initiatives at the Zoo. Seating is limited. Gates open at 6:30pm. Speaker event runs from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Purchase tickets on line when you visit the Houston Zoo on the Web at http://www.houstonzoo.org/lectureseries/.

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