B.S. Natural Resources Management, M.S. Wildlife Ecology. I have a passion for wildlife and wild places. It’s why I pursued a career in wildlife ecology; I knew what I would do with my life by the time I was 12. I also fell in love with climbing when I was 17 and it enriched my life. I still climb after 50 years and while the intensity has changed, that feeling of getting up on a steep rock wall still has no match.

In my working career this centered on scientific information but many times I’ve had to write for a more general audience. I always bring a camera and a journal on my adventures. My spouse is tolerant, as exemplified when I asked her to take a vacation to the Dominican Republic – Haiti border to search for a primitive, venomous, nocturnal mammal the size of an opossum in upland forests (a solendon)

I’ve spent months climbing in Bolivia, Patagonia, Italy and other places. I’ll be returning in the spring of 2025 to Madagascar to volunteer at a research station, working on carnivores and reptiles.

40 years’ experience in developing and implementing natural resources studies. Some highlights include:

• Waterfowl surveys in Misty Fjords National Park, AK
• Trail design/wildlife surveys in Denali State Park, AK
• Dam removal and restoration, Sullivan Creek, Pend Oreille basin, WA
• Fish habitat and age and growth studies, Susquehanna River, MD and PA
• Various habitat and wildlife studies – Beaverhead National Forest, MT
• Sagebrush obligate bird surveys, eastern WA
• Nearshore habitat assessment model, Hood Canal, WA
• Endangered species wildlife management, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands

I've completed a memoir about how I learned that a slow walk with both joy and grief can lead to acceptance and solace, as illustrated by my relationship with my best friend and climbing partner as we pursued adventures in North and South America for 15 years after he was diagnosed with a slow growing, but fatal brain tumor.

I've 2 other books in progress