I've been entranced with the outdoors since I was two years old. What began as walking with my mom and grandma searching for bugs and plants in the garden morphed into going camping and hiking with my dad to now, being an assistant Scoutmaster in my troop. Through my Scouting career, I've gone camping hundreds of times, logged dozens of hiking and canoeing miles, and fell in love with the outdoors. My favorite part is when I see new scouts (who are usually 12-13 years old and phone addicted), or even just normal people, also be curious and wonder about the nature and animals. If they ask questions, I love helping them learn, whether it's helping them learn how to camp, basic bushcraft skills, or how to be more considerate in the outdoors. And in scouting, my biggest (human) inspirations are my Scoutmaster, who I believe knows everything, and then my dad, who I still remember my first camping trip with. But my biggest inspirations are the views that come on a mountain backpacking trip, or a cool river swim after a morning fishing, or even better, seeing a rabbit or a deer just up the trail. Throughout my life, I always wanted to go hunting, but due to our schedule and location it never worked out. That is until I was able to go to a hunter education camp in my junior year, and I absolutely loved it. Even though I unfortunately did not get a deer, I did see how to field dress a deer, as well as make friends that love the same things I do. But the most moving experience for me was meeting the teachers. We were taught by full and part time DNR employees, two rangers and a wildlife biologist. I realized that is my goal in life: to be the guy that teaches how to hunt and how to care for the environment, but is outside and not a lab or a lecture hall. Who is in charge of enforcing the rules and law and not just teaching about them. Ever since that trip, and just magnified by my scouts experiences since then, and going fishing with my friends, has led me to study at the Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources at University of Georgia. I don't know exactly what major I want, but I do want to stay in the school. Regardless of my major, I want to get additional certificates and hopefully a minor or double major in conservation, just allowing me to increase my knowledge and ability to help the outdoors. I want to do it so I can give the people after me the opportunities I had.