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Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! 

On today’s episode, we talk with Ron Holcomb, retired hazardous waste clean up professional and author of "Constant Chaos: The Daily Battle to Protect the Environment",  about Being an Environmental Medic, Safety Requirements, his Career Accomplishments, his book, and so so many field stories #fieldnotes.   Read his full bio below.

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Showtimes: 
3:38 Nic & Laura discuss surfing
8:35 Interview with Ron Holcomb starts
14:59  Being an environmental medic
23:11  Safety requirements
24:53 Career accomplishments
29:10 Field Notes- Constant Chaos

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Connect with Ron Holcomb at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-holcomb-34b15380/

Guest Bio:
Ron Holcomb worked as a spill responder for the Washington State Department of Ecology before retiring in 2020 after a 40-year public service career dedicated to protecting the environment. He was the Spill Team Lead for Ecology’s Southwest Region and personally handled more than 6,000 oil and hazardous material spill incidents. Prior to being a spill responder, he was a public information officer for Ecology and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He received a Master of Science in Environmental Communications from the University of Wisconsin after graduating with a degree in Journalism, Biology and Natural Resources from Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. He developed his love of the outdoors and concern for the environment during childhood experiences in national parks and forests, and as a member of The Mountaineers. In retirement he still enjoys climbing peaks in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

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