Gus and I discuss agency standards, qualifications and fitness in the outdoor working industry (Wildland Fire, natural resource management). We compare standards and requirements between agency’s, I use my experience in Arizona with state and private contract agencies, Missouri with what I saw and discussed with Quail Forever employees, Kansas Game and Fish (seasonal days) and Kentucky Game and fish. We also discuss career paths and the importance of being able to move up the chain in your career/agency. A QF member in Missouri (had to be MO) referred to himself as “basically a hotshot” for prescribed little grass burns.