Superintendent Dave Szymanski keeping an eye on the kids (photo courtesy Zev Yaroslavsky)

Great read about the new superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Dave Szymanski, who is clearly a Cohort in the making.

Said the park service veteran, who has overseen parks in Minnesota, the Everglades, and even Madagascar: “My wife went out for a walk last week…and took a movie for our children, so they could hear the coyotes yipping in the background.”

Wow, we didn’t realize we were being so loud.

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