I've worked with the U.S. Forest Service in MN and WI and taught natural resource classes at the University of Wisconsin. While there, I helped lead two semester long trips in the South Pacific - there's nothing like visiting Tahiti in January!  My education includes a B.S.,  M.P.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.  While in school, I had many jobs including tree research and teaching whitewater kayaking.

My family and I enjoy sailing in the Great Lakes.  I drive the Zamboni for my son's hockey and I did the Polar Bear Plunge last January 1st (brr!).  This picture is from a trip down the Green River in NW Colorado.