Conservation Conversations: Book 1: A Way of Life

Conservation Conversations: Book 1: A Way of Life

From the Foreword by Melanie Sawyer ...a real gem, which will provide you with countless experiences and stories for years to come. Rich Redman’s articles have been published to wide acclaim in a variety of newspapers and outdoor publications such as Eastern Fly-Fishing , American Fly-Fishing , Sun Community News , NYS Conservationist and North Country Living , picking up numerous awards along the way, including an Excellence in Craft award from the New York State Outdoor Writers Association in 2024 as this book was on its way to publication. Now, for the first time, his essays have been collected in book form in Rich’s Conservation Conversation series. Book 1: A Way of Life includes pieces on fishing, hunting, land protection and conservation, all shared in Rich’s warm and humorous style, which is as delightful and soothing as scratching a hound between the ears. Rich Redman has lived in the Adirondacks for more than 40 years, working for the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in Clinton, Essex and Washington Counties, serving as a volunteer with the Moriah Volunteer Fire Department and the Essex County HAZMAT team. Rivers are his passion, and restoration work and planting trees for buffers are his goals as a volunteer with Trout Unlimited. He is the Past President of the Lake Champlain Chapter. Rich lives with his wife Diane in “the Best Town in America, “ Moriah, N.Y.