John Ash

Retired Federal worker. I pretty much did what I planned and went to school for -- to work for Public Land management agencies. I became a lumberjack firefighter with the Forest Service for 7 years on the "mighty" Coconino N.P. in Flagstaff and a cowboy range conservationist/Natural Resource Specialist with US - Bureau of Land Management for the next 26 years at various locations in the west.

I worked for the US Forest Service as a lumberjack fire fighter in Flagstaff upon graduating NAU in 1973 for 7 years, and then on to the Bureau of Land Management as a Range Conservationist and Natural Resource Specialist in St. George, UT, Boise, Idaho, and finally in Twin Falls, ID for the next 26 years. I retired in 2008 to a life of leisure and lots of traveling. And have to go to Sturgis at least every other year on my Soft Tail Harley. Let's ride!!

I got married in 1976 to a pretty little red headed Rincon Ranger who I met at NAU during my ten years in Flagstaff (and we're still together). I also did some graduate work in the field of Natural Resources at the UofA in 1977-78. Go Wildcats!

A bucket list item includes visiting all the National Parks in the U.S. and we are almost there. Only about 7-8 more to go. Hope I live that long. Summer of 2018 trip to Alaska about did me in tho.

I can vividly remember the time Jack Wissen stuck his golf bag on top of a Saugaro cactus (about 20-25 feet tall) after throwing all his clubs down the fairway at Skyline Country Club during a practice round of golf. Randy Udall and I really got a good laugh out of that, but getting his bag down sure wasn't fun. I really didn't think his shot was all that bad!

Have live in Flagstaff from 1970-1980, St. George Utah from 1980-1988, Boise, Idaho 1988-91, and Twin Falls from 1992 to 2006, Jerome, ID from 2006 to 2020 and now just recently moved back to Arizona and found a nice secluded home in Sonoita. Since retirement in 2008, my wife and I have been doing lots of travelling to ALL the National Parks, including Alaska in 2018.

One and still am.

My kids of course, they have made me very proud as well as my wife who was the Director of the Twin Falls Public Library and is now retired too. I also have had a passion for properly managing public lands while working for the Forst Service and BLM for 33 years. It surely was a great outdoors job.

Song: Satisfaction and Light My Fire
Musical Group: Rolling Stones and Doors
Movie: The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy
Fad: White bell bottom jeans
Teacher: Mr. Metz
Memory of Tucson: Cruising Speedway Blvd @ 11 o'clock at nite with the topdown in Lance Brendel's MG and looking for a drag race.
Hangout/place to eat: McDonald's on Speedway Blvd, Coat of Arms @ Casas Adobes

Having to stand up in class and read Spanish out loud in Spanish class -- no bueno!!! I could not read out loud to myself in English much less in Spanish.

Outside hallways and being up in the foothills. I also liked CDO because it was a "NEW" high school. My three other brothers went to Amphi.

Play more sports and have more fun with friends. I worked too much at a local restaurant. Better grades would have been nice too.