Wilson to serve as Arkadelphia Rotary Club guest speaker, April 4, 2014

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, April 4, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. Steve "Wild Man" Wilson has been invited to serve as guest speaker regarding turkey season and fishing on DeGray Lake. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

STEVE WILSON, better known to Arkansans as “Wild Man,” earned his nickname in 1984, when he became the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s coordinator of Project WILD, a conservation education program. He began his career with Game and Fish as a hunting safety training officer in 1978, and was named chief of the Information and Education Division in 1987. He now serves as AGFC Public Affairs Coordinator. 

Along the way, Wild Man has earned the Game and Fish Employee of the Year Award twice, and was the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Communicator of the Year in 1998 and 2009. He also received the Ducks Unlimited Jerry Jones Sportsman of the Year award in 2011. Steve is the host and co-producer of “Talkin’ Outdoors at the Corner Café,” a 30-minute,weekly television program. He’s also the host and producer of “Call of the Wild,” a weekly, statewide radio broadcast.

Born in 1950, Steve grew up in southwest Little Rock. He holds a bachelor’s degree in speech, business administration and education from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Steve enjoys sharing time with his wife, Gail, his daughter, Celeste, her husband, Nathan, and grandson, Luke. He’s an avid deer and turkey hunter, likes competitive sports and collects hats and turkey calls.