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March 30, 2022

4. Dan Biechler, Retired Linn County (Iowa) Conservation Director

This was the very first recording I did for what has now become this podcast. This is an interview with Dan Biechler, the then-Director at Linn County Conservation. This was recorded in early 2018, just about a week before Da...

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March 16, 2022

3. Tom Buckley, Retired Lee County (Iowa) Conservation Director

In this interview from January 2018, I talk with Tom Buckley who had recently retired as the Executive Director after 27 years with Lee County Conservation in Southeast Iowa, which happens to be my neighbor county to the sout...

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March 8, 2022

2. Karen Kinkead & Stephanie Shepherd on the Iowa DNR's Wildlife Dive…

Here we discuss the Iowa DNR's Wildlife Diversity Program - what it is and how it's funded - and how we as park and conservation leaders can contribute to it through our state tax form and/or through our vehicle license plate...

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March 8, 2022

Introduction to Outdoor Executive Dad

Who is this Outdoor Executive Dad? And what is this podcast about? This short episode answers those questions.

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March 8, 2022

1. Dan Cohen & Matt Cosgrove on the Legislative Process

Dan Cohen, Director at Buchanan County Conservation and Matt Cosgrove, Director at Webster County Conservation, have been the legislative committee leaders in some capacity for the County Conservation Directors Association fo...

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