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Catching up with former Minnesota DNR Commissioner Bob Herbst

Robert L. Herbst received a B.S. (1957) in forest and wildlife management from the University of Minnesota. He served as Minnesota DNR commissioner from January 1971 to February 1977 and later in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Now age 88 and retired, he spends his time recreating and hoisted this impressive lake trout on Rowan Lake in Ontario. (Photo courtesy of Bob Herbst)

Bob Herbst has more than six decades as a dedicated public servant and conservationist.
He began his career as a forester in Cambridge, Minn., rose to the level of commissioner of the Minnesota DNR, and was subsequently recruited by the Carter administration to the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. Along the way he also led the Izaak Walton League, Trout Unlimited, and the Lake Superior Center.

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