About

This is the place where I’m supposed to talk about, well, me. Here’s the short version:

In the waning years of the 20th century, as I was preparing to graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in biology/zoology, I got a call about a summer job. Actually, it was a Student Conservation Association position, so it was really an internship. Despite the minimal pay, there was no hint of hesitation: This long-haired kid threw some clothes and a cheap pair of hiking boots into a two-door Mazda and drove 2,000 miles to an Oregon office of the Bureau of Land Management (that job put me right in the middle of the Timber Wars).

That adventure started my wildlife career. From the BLM in Oregon, I moved on to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Then I became a ranger in the National Park Service. I also worked as the Staff Biologist for the Utah Division of Natural Resources. In 2018, I moved to Pennsylvania to work for Enwild, an independent outdoor gear retailer.

My life has taken me all over the western hemisphere, including a stint on the isle of Newfoundland and a gig chasing jaguars in Central America. Along the way, I became an EMT (EMT-B, wEMT), a NASAR Search and Rescue Tech, and a wildland firefighter. I lived and worked in 15 different states and three countries. As a writer, I’ve published stories about past adventures (or misadventures, as the case may be) and I want to do more.

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Let’s build something together.

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