My interest in the natural resources has taken me from the Kansas Grasslands where I completed my undergraduate courses to adventuring across British Columbia, and Yukon mountain tops. Fishing for halibut and salmon in Juneau Alaska. Hiking across swaps, bogs even into an ice cave found in the Mendenhall glacier. My life long passion for learning, the strong commitment to constant improvement, and interest in the complexly of life have developed through a lifetime of learning from mentors that challenged me to ask why? Always looking for new skills to gain and improve.