Luke is the French Creek Valley Conservancy stewardship coordinator. Luke has led an exciting so far living in places like Grand Teton national park and Utah to eventually find his way back to Pennsylvania. He has worked for the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service. This was an awesome conversation, hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did.

https://www.instagram.com/frenchcreekvalleyconservancy/

On today's episode I sit down with Andy Bater. There is no good way to describe him. He has had a life that has taken from farming to AI to communications and broadcasting and everything in between. Andy is a great and a very intelligent man. We had a great conversation that allowed to very different viewpoints to come together and find common ground. I look forward to sitting down with Andy again.

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On today's episode we hear from Kaitlyn Carlson and Stephanie Grandelis. Kaitlyn was featured on episode 5 of the Rustbelt Outdoors podcast and Stephanie was on episode 3. Kaitlyn talks about her aunt instilling a passion for the outdoors and learning in her at a very young age. Stephanie talks about one of the most fundamental lessons in the outdoors, how to dress. These 2 lessons pair perfectly with each other because they build the foundation of enjoying the outdoors.

https://www.instagram.com/stephbealsgrandelis/

https://www.instagram.com/frenchcreekvalleyconservancy/

On this episode of Rustbelt Adventures MaryEllen and I recap the first part of our Zion trip. We Talk about craziness at the airport and the most stars we've seen in our lives. The Zion trip was MaryEllen's number destination in the U.S.

On today's episode I talk to Kaitlyn Carlson the education and outreach director of the French Creek Valley Conservancy. The Conservancy is a nonprofit organization doing all kinds of habitat work and conservation all along French Creek. Kaitlyn does a great job explaining the organization's role in the creek's ecosystem. I learned a lot from our conversation hopefully you do too. Please check out Conservancy at the links below:

https://www.frenchcreekconservancy.org/

https://www.facebook.com/FrenchCreekConservancy

https://www.instagram.com/frenchcreekvalleyconservancy/

On today's episode I sit down with my brother Ben. We discuss his passion for fly fishing and how he got involved in it. He gives some tips along the way and explains different parts of it. It was a great conversation, and I truly enjoyed talking to him. When he starts talking about fly fishing you can see the joy and passion in his face. This conversation truly embodies everything we stand for here at The Rustbelt Outdoors.

Ben can be found on Instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/benlockhart87?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

On today's episode I talk with Stephanie a teacher turned arborist. We have a great conversation about how she got involved in the outdoors as a child and how she re-found that passion years later.

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On this episode I talk to my friend Cale Kunick. Cale talks about his family and how he grew up enjoying the outdoors. He also talks about passing that onto his children. Cale is a member of the Crawford County Farm Bureau as well as a leader in the Flying Fur 4H.

This is the first episode of The Rustbelt Outdoors adventures. This series will be recounts of mine and MaryEllen's adventures together. In this episode we tell the story of our third date. A kayaking trip across the Allegheny Reservoir and camping overnight. There is some drama and adventure and even some romance in this.

On this episode of lessons from pop we here from myself, my father Dave Foulds and Mark Hutchinson. All three lessons are valuable the first two focusing on deer hunting and the last one is more of a general lesson that can be applied to life. Although I would argue the first two lessons could be applied to everyday life as well.