Gift Ideas: Binoculars, Scopes, Rangefinders AND The Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge

paul-neess-vortex             vortex-optics-logo-jpg        Welcome back to Paul Neess !!
Paul Neess is with Vortex Optics in Product Development….so this is the guy we want to talk to about the best new optics for the outdoorsperson! And, remember….Christmas is coming and what a great gift this would be.
Website:   http://www.vortexoptics.com/

sabrina-chandler-upper-mississippi-2             upper-miss-river-refuge-map             upper-mississippie-river-refuge    And a welcome back to Sabrina Chandler.
Sabrina Chandler is the Complex Manager for the Upper Mississippi River National Fish & Wildlife Refuge.  She will talk with us about the daily activities involved in this huge and important project. 
Chandler built her biological foundation at Mississippi State University, focusing on wildlife science for her Bachelor’s and wildlife and fisheries for her Master’s. Through the course of her career, Chandler has developed and applied biological protocols and long-term monitoring projects for a diverse cross-section of threatened and endangered species.”  (from the INSIDE REGION THREE website)
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/upper_mississippi_river/