Father Damian Schmelz: A Moral Compass for Natural Resources
By Brandon Butler | Father Damian Schmelz was an inspiring conservationist. Our introduction was an interview for an Outdoor Indiana article I wrote while working for the Indiana DNR back in 2009. He was a Benedictine monk of St. Meinrad Archabbey, a Ph.D. plant ecologist, a conservation leader who served on Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission […]