The past year has seen major changes in American conservation leadership at groups like Pheasants Forever and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Add the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to that list. The organization’s longtime CEO, Whit Fosburgh, left the group earlier this month.
Less extroverted and perhaps more camera-shy than other conservation honchos, Fosburgh quietly has been hitting natural resources home runs inside the Beltway for 30 years.
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