I am a wildlife biologist and an environmental educator. I have spent the better part of the last 50 years working in the field of conservation and natural resource management. I have worked with Neighborhood Associations and community, state, and federal government leaders. I have served in leadership positions for several local, national, and international conservation organizations.
I created The Dodson Group, LLC, a business to write, produce, and distribute conservation and sustainability-related materials. I encourage people to become more directly connected to nature and engage in sustainable natural resource management. That aims to promote Conservation Communities and foster Conservation Lifestyles where people live, work, and play.
In addition to The Dodson Group, I also manage the RGDODSON.COM and a Nature of Things blog. Through the Substack platform I write 3 newsletters, one of which is also called The Nature of Things I write 
about my travels, hikes and experiences in nature, and through the written word and pictures it is my hope to inspire readers to get outdoors, enjoy nature, and adopt a conservation lifestyles.
If you have specific questions about conservation lifestyles or a question or two about a specific location that I have visited, please send me a message, or leave a comment on the blog The Nature of Things. Also, I hope you will join our Nature of Things Group on Facebook where you can share your own nature pictures and short stories about places where you have explored.
I have also created The Conservation Company which is a for-profit – public benefit company, as a way of generating funds to support my various conservation and environmental education projects and to keep “stuff” out of our country’s landfills. I also contribute 30% of profit generated via The Conservation Company to various conservation and historic preservations groups. I do not take any salary from the Conservation Company.
Finally, during my working life, as a wildlife biologist, author, and entrepreneur I served as President of the Henderson, Kentucky Audubon Society, the President of the Kentucky Audubon Society, the Northeast Regional Representative of the National Audubon Society, and the President and CEO of the Audubon Society of New York State (AKA Audubon International). I am now continuing my environmental mission all of the blogs, newsletters and project mentioned on this website.
Finally, I also produce three newsletters on the platform Substack that I hope you will check out: