Conservation educator Doug Travis, the longest serving employee in Kentucky state government, died at his Paducah home Thursday, June 14. He was 88. Travis began his career with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources as a conservation officer in 1947. The following year, he transferred to a conservation educator position with the department, where over the course of his 59-year career he taught more than 300000 kids the basics of hunting, fishing, swimming and marksmanship at ...