Robert Michael Pyle (born July 19, 1947 in Denver, Colorado) is a lepidopterist and author who has published twelve books and hundreds of papers, essays, stories and poems. He has a Ph.D. from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in 1974. His 1987 book Wintergreen describes the devastation caused by unrestrained logging in Washington's Willapa Hills near his adopted home. His 1995 book Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide was the subject of a Guggenheim Fellowship. His other books include Sky Time in Grays River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place, and Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage. In September 2010 he published Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, chronicling his adventures across the continent in 2008 to view and document as many of the native butterflies as possible (similar to the birder's big year).
Pyle lives in Grays River, Washington with his wife, Thea.
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