Many years ago when public television was just a pup, I was one of a small team of people who helped build WGBH/Boston into one of the country’s premier PBS producing stations.

After retirement, I decided to come west. I’d been here as a visitor, but I’d never really flipped the buffalo chip over to see what was beneath it.

I discovered a vast and inspiring place here, and I quickly found a way to live my childhood dream by becoming a seasonal park ranger in Yellowstone’s remote and beautiful northeast corner. Suddenly, my encore career was off and running as I became a boots-on-the-ground ranger with an “office” of 2.23 million acres.

Between my seasonal stints as a ranger, I have become determined to learn more about the west. That’s why I have now joined the team at WYOMING CHRONICLE. It is a unique opportunity to dig into what makes the west so special, and to bring such people into focus on your home television.

I’ve already interviewed two such interesting and inspiring people and have been blown away by what they each have done. My fellow hosts and I will soon be interviewing more.

Please introduce us to people you know — people who are making a positive difference to Wyoming and to the west. Because, when all is said and done, public television is a two-way proposition that depends squarely on its viewers for almost everything that it does.