{"id":3242,"date":"2015-10-29T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2015-10-29T17:52:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:52:39","slug":"jensen-bissell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/jensen-bissell\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 152: Director of Baxter State Park Jensen Bissell"},"content":{"rendered":"
Show:<\/strong> 152 Baxter State Park<\/a>‘s director, Jensen Bissell, is responsible for managing and maintaining the park’s over 200,000 acres in accordance to former Governor Percival Baxter’s wishes. Baxter worked unsuccessfully to establish a state park during his time in office. He then purchased a series of land tracts and donated them to the state in the 1960’s as a trust with a specific set of rules and a fund to maintain the park. Jensen Bissell has been the director of the park since 2005 and was recently the center of a controversy with Appalachian through-hiker and world record setter, Scott Jurek<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAir date:<\/strong> 24 October 2015
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Jensen Bissell
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor:<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Emily Sullivan (Sully)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n