Quick Chats
A quick chat with Christine Thomas, a conservationist, leader in helping get more women outdoors
Brian Peterson
June 19, 2024
Becoming an outdoors woman was an easy thing for Christine Thomas, a lifelong outdoors enthusiast.
The Becoming an Outdoors Woman program? Well, there was a bit more to that.
“In 1990, I was
A quick chat with Scott Kovarovics of the Izaak Walton League
Mike Moore
May 6, 2024
Scott Kovarovics, executive director of the Izaak Walton League of America, has been with the conservation organization for nearly two decades.
Kovarovics, 54, came to the IWLA in 2008 in the position of conservation
A quick chat with Sara Fitzsimmons of the American Chestnut Foundation
Jeff Mulhollem
April 26, 2024
She has worked with the foundation (tacf.org) from her position as a research technician at Penn State University since 2003, assisting chestnut growers and researchers throughout the Appalachian Mountains. Born and raised in Hinton, in
A quick chat with turkey fanatic Jeff Budz
Dan Small
March 18, 2024
To call Jeff Budz a turkey hunting fanatic is a serious understatement. He has more than 35 years of experience hunting, guiding, writing, and filming hunts all over the world.
To Budz, who lives
A quick chat with Mark Kenyon of Wired to Hunt
Patrick Durkin
February 12, 2024
Michigan’s Mark Kenyon isn’t offended if you call him a deer nerd or whitetail geek.
Although Kenyon self-describes as a “passionate deer hunter,” those other labels fit, too. He built his work and career
A quick chat with the North American Grouse Partnership’s Ted Koch
Tim Spielman
January 15, 2024
In 2019, shortly after retirement, Ted Koch became executive director of the North American Grouse Partnership. He’d previously worked 30 years as an endangered species biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Koch
A quick chat with Collin O’Mara of the National Wildlife Federation
Mike Moore
December 19, 2023
Collin O’Mara serves as president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), America’s largest wildlife conservation organization with 52 state and territorial affiliates and nearly 6 million hunters, anglers, birders, gardeners, hikers, paddlers, and
A quick chat with big-game hunter Craig Boddington
Rob Drieslein
October 31, 2023
Craig Boddington, 70, remains one of the best-known big game hunters in the world. He has written over 4,000 published magazine articles on hunting and firearms and has authored 28 books. His writing frequently includes
A quick chat with Emmett Brown, Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame Executive Director
Tim Lesmeister
September 9, 2023
When you step onto the grounds of the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, you immediately see the “Shrine to Anglers” – a structure one-half city block long and four stories tall.
