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Episode 15: Al Badgley; From Baytown To Haines: A Life Of Service

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A cabin burns to the ground on a winter night without phones. A young volunteer watches a ragtag crew of neighbors save what they can and decides to spend the next three decades running toward the worst moments in people’s lives. That’s the hinge of Al Badgley’s story, and it opens into a rich, surprising life that stretches from Texas bayous to the Chilkat Valley.

We start in Baytown, Texas, where hunting trips counted as vacations and a pipeline inspector father taught Al to love water and work. He carries those threads to Alaska: earning a wildlife and fisheries degree…

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