A pen, a piece of paper and four signatures captured years of service to environmental causes, months of planning and the beginning of a partnership a life time in the making on Aug. 7, 2012, at the Strategic Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Ark.
John Morris, owner and founder of Bass Pro Shops, joined Maj. Gen. John W. Peabody, commander, Mississippi Valley Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, and Col. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commander, Northwestern Division, in Little Rock to sign a Memorandum of Understanding covering a large portion of the south central states including Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.