In this episode of Uncommon Convos, Dennis talks with one of the hardest working men in America, Chad Pregracke. Chad is founder of Living Lands and Waters. Dennis talks to Chad about how he started on this mission of cleaning the rivers and how things have changed over the years. They also talk about several other projects Chad has going on like, The Bison Bridge Project, Million Trees Project and Adopt A River Mile to name a few. As a kid he started to notice all the garbage above and below the water. This led him to do something about it. He made many efforts to contact government agencies to tell them about the problem but could not get anyone to clean things up. So he decided to make the change and founded Living Lands $ Waters in 1998. He now has a full crew and fleet of equipment to aid in the clean up rivers and bodies of water all accross the United States.
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