By: Allison Kronberg
University of Minnesota alumnus Kevin Lines made the decision to work in conservation during a seventh grade field trip to help declining deer populations in his hometown of Milaca, Minn.
But hunting made him care about the animals in the first place — Lines hunted with his father when he was young, and he now hunts with his own son.
“It’s kind of in our blood,” Lines said.
Something else in Lines’ blood, though, took him away from his passion and the career he loved before he was ready to leave it.