A conservation group in Middlesex County is inviting the public to learn more about wildfire and forest management. The Friends of Dragon Run will hold a virtual meeting April 26 featuring a presentation on fire ecology by Lisa Deaton with the Virginia Department of Forestry. Deaton, a forester with more than 25 years of experience, is expected to cover the history of wildfires in Virginia and how prescribed burns impact local ecosystems across the Middle Peninsula. The meeting will be held on Zoom and is open to anyone interested in forest conservation and land management.
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Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.