Decades on Dirt Roads

Welcome Sadie Kennedy to the show! Sadie joins us from Wallowa County where she serves as a mother of 4, business owner, lawyer and the Executive Director of the Wallowa History Center. We were able to hold the interview at the historic forest service ranger station that is now the History Center. Sadie has a wealth of knowledge about Wallowa County and how the valley was settled. She serves as an...

Welcome back to the show! We had the pleasure of talking with Vic Coggins, a retired Wildlife Biologist who resides in Northeastern Oregon. Vic talked with us about his career and his adventures whilst navigating various controversial topics amongst sportsman's groups and policy. He played a large roll in the reintroduction of sheep and goats to Wallowa County and includes all the data points and...

Dr. Jim Muir is a Grasslands Ecologist at Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center . He is an accomplished researcher, world traveler, mentor, and dear friend. Jim talks about growing up a in Africa and Portugal and the different perspective that brings to his life. He has found connections all over the world though science and gives his advice to those seeking to go into academia. It was lovely to...

We welcome Kyle to the show! So fortunate to sit down with him and get to talk about his career in contract forestry. Coming from the midwest Kyle was lucky to grow up in the land of lakes but was eager to explore the PNW. After college he made his way to the west and found various jobs working as a forester, living out of his car and exploring numerous national forests. Kyle has made a living per...

Maddy and Katherine give lessons learned and recap the first season of DDR. Life and podcast updates. Thanks for listening!

Jim and Holly are a rare breed. Two local biologists take the chance of a lifetime, sharing a position on Taylor Ranch for the University of Idaho in the remote Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. Over these 21 years they make amazing local discoveries in predator's and prey movements as well changing the lives of students that visited during the summer months. They share the ups...

Mark and his family have been a large part of the North East Oregon community for generations. He shares stories of the important things; family, friends, and working hard. Mark and the people he chats about really emphasize the phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to". There are stories of fighting fire from a dozer to ER trips to the legendary 4th of July BBQ. Please excuse some of the edi...

We welcome to the show Renae, she shares her story of being a wildland firefighter, initial attack dispatcher ,a hotshot superintendent's wife, the Center Manager of the Blue Mountain Interagency dispatch center, and a program specialist for the Casualty Assistance Program a interagency organization that support families and loved ones when serious injury occurs. Renae has a gift for navigating th...

For those who are not as familiar with different hunting sports here is a brief description of how some people run hounds in Oregon. Hopefully this helps understand Ted's episode a bit better. Enjoy!

We welcome Ted Craddock who is an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife State Researcher and Houndsmen. He has spent a lifetime in the woods from logging, running dogs, to guiding. Ted is an avid advocate of predator management he shares his life among the trees. Ted has been featured on other podcasts describing more specifics of running hounds and using dogs in sport. (Check out Double U Podcas...

Help us welcome Olan Fulfer to the show! Olan shares his story with us from homelessness as a child to fishing in the Bering sea to Wildland firefighting to becoming an impactful teacher and coach in rural oregon. You can hear his passion and energy throughout the entire podcast. He shares the in's and out's of his environmental curriculum that involves prescribed burns with local ODF units, plant...

Welcome Kelly. Join us as we share in a candid, heartwarming, and motivating conversation with a women who has impacted a lot of lives. Kelly shares her story of being a college athlete, federal firefighter, leader, and mother. Her innate discipline and passion for her job and leadership is remarkable and truly admirable. We were so lucky to have Kelly share some stories from the past and moments...

Join us as we dive into leadership advice, favorite era's of one's self, lessons learned along the way, and how important gender neutral bathroom site is in the woods. Enjoy!

Join us in welcoming Mark to the show. Mark is a well versed Biologist, Traditional Archery Hunter, and Outdoorsman. He shares his journey moving west from the Carolina’s to become a wildlife biologist. He served as a representative for the Full Curl Program and several other wildlife groups which has allowed for countless relationships and notable moments on dirt roads. Mark offered several bits...

Help us welcome Trish Wallace to the show! The title Greatest of All Time is not said lightly. It is saved for those who have been tone setters, ground movers, and doers and that is the definition of Trish. Her impacts will be felt by generations to come. In this episode we share in conversation and story telling with a women who has truly done it all in the agency. From being a farm kid, athlete,...

Join us in welcoming two incredible humans as they share their adventures as a couple across the west. Joyce and Dave are two advocates of western history and have spent most of their lives bringing life to those that walked the Oregon trail so many years ago. We dive into their efforts as board members of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and all that went into the creation of that remarkable...

Welcome back and welcome Terry! If you want to hear about the wild life of rafting all of your 20's all around the world to then working as a forester in your 30's and 40's this is the episode for you. Terry shares some incredible stories of his time on the water and time in the woods. Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

Bill is an incredible mentor to the two of us and we are so lucky to have shared in this conversation and walked down memory lane while at the coffee table. He is considered the gold standard within his roles as a leader, coach, coworker, father, and grandfather. Thank you Bill and to all you listeners, we hope that you all enjoy this as much as we did.

Hello! Welcome to our podcast. Please excuse any audio issues, we are learning on the fly. We are so excited if you are reading this. Here's to doing hard things, staring new hobbies, learning new technology, and interviewing awesome humans.