For Immediate Release

March 16, 2008

Friends of the Boundary Waters logoI have some news that I am very happy to finally share: I am joining the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness as their communications/engagement director. As anyone who reads this blog can imagine, I am very excited about this.

In that over the course of my brief life so far I have spent a bit of time weighing the different things I enjoy and have a relatively stable idea of my priorities, this literally could be my dream job.

It will demand writing about topics that are of great importance to me, working for something I deeply believe in. I will seek to engage young people, who are abandoning the outdoors at a frightening rate, finding ways to make an honored tradition of love for wild places relevant to natives of this crazy digital world today.

Basically, I will be doing the type of work I enjoy most to help protect one of the wildest and most beautiful places in the lower 48. And I will be doing so with a group of people I liked and respected from the moment I met them, and joining an organization that has a long history of fighting the good (and hard) fight.

And, oh yeah, I should also mention that wilderness canoeing will now be all in a day’s work. :D

Disappointment Lake, BWCAW

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10 Comments

  1. Jules says:

    Awesome Greg!! This is great news, and something so important – bringing in the youth. congratulations.

    Jules’s last blog post..The argument…

  2. Aaron says:

    Wow! Congrats. That does sound like a dream job. I just ordered your book too.

  3. samh says:

    I bet it feels good to finally tell the world about this. This is going to be a great opportunity for you, Greggers. You will do well my friend.

  4. dharma bum says:

    Thanks all! I don’t know what else to say except to repeat that I’m simply very excited.

    Aaron – thanks for ordering Esker… I’d love to read your review. :)

  5. Congratulations, that would definitely qualify as a dream job for me too! Go with all my best vicarious wishes.

  6. Dad and Mom says:

    A match made in heaven, or someplace like it. Maybe the BWCA. The Friends showed excellent judgment in hiring you. You’ll be good for one another. We couldn’t be happier for you. Congrats!

  7. Terry says:

    Hey, Way to go. You gotta cheer for anybody who can line up their dreams and their career so close together that you can hardly tell the difference.

  8. Scott says:

    So you gonna be my personal guide for a BWCA trip this year? Awesome news Greg!

  9. dharma bum says:

    Thanks to all of you, too! It means a lot to have such a supportive and enthusiastic bunch. :)

  10. Sean says:

    Congratulations again, Greg. I’d wondered when your big news would make its appearance here.

    You already know how happy we are for you back at gigantic Company X (and how very much we’ll miss you).

    You’re really leaving some big shoes to fill. (Maybe you should take those with you??)

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