Episodes

I had a moment of insight while walking a trail today and couldn’t help but share it. Too often we parks and conservation leaders get lost in the job and the day-to-day grind that we forget why we do what we do (at least I do...

After more than 30 years in public service, the last six of which were spent as Deputy Director with Polk County Conservation, Doug Romig decided to leave Iowa to be closer to family and to pursue a new career challenge. Befo...

Daryl Parker officially retired in 2020 after 28 years leading the conservation department in Jackson County, Iowa. In this conversation, we discuss board relations and how we as leaders can manage them, catastrophic floods, ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...