FRANKLIN, Tenn. —The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) has hired Robert Stroede as its new conservation manager, adding to its growing conservation team.
Created by and dedicated to union members and their families, the non-profit conservation organization is escalating its conservation efforts, partnerships and memberships and expanding internally to keep pace.
Robert Stroede
Most recently, Stroede served as the National Archery in the Schools Program State Coordinator/Facility Manager/Biologist Supervisor for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). During his five years with LDWF, Stroede’s responsibilities included the administration, growth, fundraising, facilitation, training and event planning of the statewide Archery in Louisiana Schools (ALAS) program as well as management and use of the state-owned Outdoor Education Center and Shooting Range. Stroede increased participation in the ALAS program from 30 to 200 schools, increased public use of the Woodworth Shooting Range from 2,000 to 10,000 users per year and developed both the ALAS equipment grant and scholarship programs.
Prior to working for LDWF, Stroede spent five years as a union laborer with Laborers’ Locals 464 and 2 working gas/oil pipeline construction in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Louisiana. During that time, he worked as an environmental compliance laborer and straw boss.
In his role as conservation manager, Stroede will support the Director of Conservation & Community Outreach by working closely with wildlife resource conservation staff, local officials and union volunteers to identify, organize and execute USA conservation projects across the country. He will also develop and evolve the USA’s conservation programs and policies, funding sources, partnerships and volunteer recruitment and retention programs.
“As we celebrate the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s 10th anniversary and look toward the future, we are committed to growing our conservation impact by expanding the scope of our Work Boots on the Ground program and connecting more local communities to conservation through outreach events,” said Scott Vance, the USA’s CEO and executive director. “With his background in union construction, conservation, program development and management and outreach, Stroede makes a great addition to our conservation team and will help propel that expansion.”
Born and raised in a union household in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, Stroede is an avid fisherman and hunter with a passion for bow hunting. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Resource Management/Biology. He currently lives in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with his wife, Jessica, and 12-year-old son, Jackson.
Stroede can be reached at [email protected].
