One book out, one on the way.

William Sargent, a life-long Vermonter, takes readers on a journey through his life. It begins with a small-town upbringing in Worcester, Vermont, and a two-room schoolhouse, and runs to the present day, where he is still advocating for the environment.

Along the way he tells a series of adventures and, in a few cases, what he calls misadventures. They are the ones that defined who he is.

In the spring of 2024, anti-hunting advocates were pushing a bill through the Vermont Legislature that would have changed the landscape of hunting in the state forever. Writing his testimony for the House Committee on Environment and Energy, Sargent described himself as fifty years a dirt forester and never a day behind a desk. A colleague read it and suggested he write a book. That one small act turned into a lifetime of encounters set down on paper.

It is the story of one man's determination to keep outside interest groups and lobbyists from dismantling long-held traditions in the Vermont hunting community, and it brings to life the experiences of a career spent in stewardship of the land.