Come Fly With me: Tales from a Master Falconer

Good, Mark Joseph: - Mark Joseph Good was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but left his home state at the age of nineteen. Mark served over forty years between Florida and Colorado in forest management and forest wildland firefighting. Throughout his career, Mark has received many distinguished awards: the Governor's Distinguished Service Award under two Florida governors: Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush; the Department of Agriculture Outstanding Service Award presented by Commissioner of Agriculture Bob Crawford; the Florida Park Service Heroism Award for saving lives during river flooding during a storm; the Award of Valor presented by National Park Service Director Fran Manella for saving drowning boaters in an alligator-infested river at night; and the Interpreter of the Year (public speaker) for the Department of Environmental Protection within the Park Service of Florida. These forms of recognition are but some of many over the years.