I spent three summers w/ the US Forest Service on a wildland fire crew in Paisley, Oregon, Fremont-Winema NF. Knowing my brothers & sisters in wildland fire are at-risk of not having full crews this summer due to a blanket hiring freeze is maddening and reprehensible.

Being an outdoorsman takes me to some truly beautiful places. #hunting #outdoors

2024 was a great year afield and abroad: Mexico & Italy; the Oregon Coast x2; Washington’s public lands around the coast, Olympics, Hood Canal, and Blue Mountains. So very fortunate to enjoy the outdoors and to feed family and friends with wild game. These places are under threat -

Sell public lands for private benefit? Fuck that. #keepitpublic

Enjoying some of Oregon’s public lands this morning. Protected for waterfowl, fish, and other wildlife species, using funding generated through hunting license sales as well as federal duck stamp sales, national refuges are a critical part of our protected public lands network. #keepitpublic

Spent the past couple days in Central Washington enjoying the outdoors with conservation leaders in Washington State. Protecting habitats and open spaces for all wildlife is important to me whether I hunt a particular species benefitted by that conservation, but I really like goose pastrami.

Correct! This was my view of the Oregon Coast in August 2024.

If you don’t follow me elsewhere, here’s what I like to talk about: conservation, the environment, hunting/fishing/wild foods, cooking, environmental ethics, and public lands. Looking forward to dialogue that moves the needle on these and other important topics!