Glen Vorhes was raised on a small family farm in central
Wisconsin. The inclination to make things better was instilled
at an early age. The object of this Bob the Builder outlook
has come to include watersheds as well as wagons. “Can
we fix it? Yes we can!” The road here has not been direct.
Interests in nature led him to a degree from UW Madison in
Biological Aspects of Conservation. Glenn soon learned that
he could save trees with skills gained from a technical engineering
education in addition to simply hugging them. The rare combination
of training in both ecology and engineering will allow him
a niche in future pursuits. The attraction of the Peace Corps
program was the opportunity to put much needed skills into
practice while earning a degree. Glenn seeks to mitigate the
adversarial relationship between humans and the environment
by advancing the benefits of wetlands and other natural areas.
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