Wildlife biologist

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Well, I've been a wildlife biologist with the DNR since 2000.

And recently, I've been promoted to region supervisor for Northwest Georgia.

But most of my career, I've spent working our wildlife management areas in North Georgia.

I started buying real estate in 1996.

So even though I was doing the wildlife biology thing, I had been doing real estate along the side.

It's just it was all single family.

And then when I changed the careers, I went to the multifamily route.

Then I drove back to Bozeman, sat down at my desk, and pulled up my contacts.

Jason Sims was in there, wildlife biology, Montana State.

We'd crossed paths on three or four surveys over the years, shared data a couple times on ungulate corridor mapping.

He knew this terrain.

His door was the last one before the emergency exit, same as I remembered.

a small placard mounted at eye level.

Dr. Jason Sims, Wildlife Biology.

The door was open about six inches.

So I left MacPhail and decided to take up my other interest, which was I was gonna be a game warden.

So I went to Iowa State University and took up Fish and Wildlife Biology.

And, um, but my second year there, um, I had to take a course on writing because if you're a wildlife biologist or wildlife manager, you have to learn to write reports and do stuff.

So it was a basic writing course.

Really liked it.

And one day, the journalism professor called me aside and said, "You know, we think you have exceptional writing ability.

If you would think about it, we would suggest maybe you switch to journalism and keep your Fish and Wildlife Biology as a minor.

Uh, that way you learn more about writing, you learn more about journalism.