Peter Brace is the author of “Nantucket: A Natural History” and “Walking Nantucket: A Walker’s Guide to Exploring Nantucket on Foot.” A Nantucketer for 35 years and counting, Peter formerly covered the environmental beat for the Nantucket Beacon and the Nantucket Independent.

A beekeeper with 33 hives under his care, Peter is the mentor beekeeper at Sustainable Nantucket’s farm. He is also owner and guide for Nantucket Walkabout, which offers guided natural history hikes on island conservation Land. He is an adjunct professor for UMass Boston’s School for the Environment teaching the natural history of Nantucket during its “Nantucket Semester” through the UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station.

Peter is chairman of the Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee, serves on the Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board as secretary and on the Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Action Plan Update Committee as secretary.

A seasonal kayaker and daily hiker, Peter knows Nantucket’s natural environs from shoreline to shoreline, its multitudes of plant, mammal, bird, fish, insect and reptile/amphibian species.