Alabama’s State Forester, Rick Oates, is joining us on TRUITT NEWS RADIO 8-16-25

TRUITT NEWS RADIO 8-16-25

Can’t wait to hear what all a State Forester does and how we can all become more aware of protecting our natural resources 🌎🌳.

Rick has been the State Forester since 2017, is a Texas-native 🤠, a graduate from The University of the South in Sewanee, TN 🎓, and has an MBA in forestry from Auburn University 🐅📚.

🎙️ The show starts at 7AM Saturday morning on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5 📻 and will be rebroadcast on FM Talk 106.5 in South Alabama and The UMP 103.9 in North Alabama.

🎧 Grab the podcast version if you miss it.

🙏 Thanks to the Poarch Creek Indians, Financial Advisor Stuart Johnson 💼, Stadium Trace Village in Hoover 🏙️, the Alabama AGC 🛠️, and Truitt Insurance & Bonding 🏢 for sponsoring.