My point exactly Will. There is an entry level degree, gained by logging lots of hours under canopy, better done by yourself. You have done that, obviously. I've done that (although lately I grow fat and lazy). DWA...he is a rambling fool...guy can narrate a trail to you he walked with 30 years ago, with a biota survey thrown in. Many, many here that I pay attention to especially have done that. I do that because their words tell me they know. These things will never come out of books, totally. Unless you have put in the calories, you will not know if something somebody is telling you makes sense, or is possible, or not. And when you do that, the more you do that, the more you will realize that these woods are like the ocean....nobody knows all about what swims there. It is one of the aspect of life on this continent that is obtainable for anyone who cares to reach for it. There is no correspondence course for an equivalency degree in this.