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Ecologist Chris Morgan is the Director of Insight Wildlife Management – a small ecological and educational organization based in Bellingham, Washington. He is also a frequent lecturer at Western Washington University’s Huxley College of Environmental Science in Bellingham and Co-Founder of the non-profit group Canopy. Morgan has worked internationally as a biologist and educator for the last thirteen years on more than 20 wildlife projects, many of them self-initiated. His training and professional experience have emerged through work in Spain, Ecuador, Pakistan, Canada and the USA. Focusing on bear research, management and education, his responsibilities have ranged from project design and management, grizzly bear habitat analysis, bear capture, safety and training courses, methodology design, and environmental education/outreach. Much of his work looks at the relationship between bears and humans - seeking pragmatic approaches to co-existence. Morgan recently received the 2002-2003 Outstanding Environmental Educator Award from the Environmental Education Association of Washington. He has a Masters Degree in Advanced Ecology from the University of Durham, England.
Jim Davis is the President of the Conservation Partnership Center and a research assistant professor in the Rural Sociology Department at the University of Missouri. Jim has a doctoral degree in insect ecology from the University of California at Berkeley. He has developed and managed community-based coalitions for the past 15 years to address health and environmental issues. He is the primary author on a widely read chapter on community-based methods for health behavior change (Davis 1998). He has conducted a large research project to identify effective methods of educating the residents of rural communities about environmental health issues. Until recently, Jim served as the President of Show-Me Clean Streams, a non-profit organization in Missouri. During this time, he worked with farmers and other watershed residents to protect environmentally sensitive streams in central Missouri. He currently manages a community-based storm water project in Missouri where he works closely with state and local governments and watershed residents to plan and implement conservation programs.
Nan Laney has spent the last 12 years working as an educator in Northwest Washington. She taught special education in schools along the western slopes of Washington's Cascades, and more recently has worked on several community and environmental education projects. She worked for the US Forest Service for a number of years, including 6 years on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, where she mapped soils and fires, surveyed streams and supervised reforestation contracts. Nan lives on a small farm in eastern Skagit County and is a board member of the Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market. She has recreated in the North Cascades and along British Columbia's Central Coast for the last 16 years, partaking in her favorite pastimes: hiking and sea kayaking. Nan has a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Soil and Water Science.
Dennis Ryan lives in the Methow Valley in north central Washington near the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. He is active in Okanogan County Search and Rescue as an EMT-First Responder and trains his wilderness search dog, Carl. Dennis makes hand-forged custom knives, enjoys back country horseback riding on his mustang, and recently got hooked on steelhead fishing. He has six years experience in raptor field research. For five years he taught math and computer skills to children in the home school program on Whidbey Island. Dennis and his wife owned and operated a certified organic medicinal herb farm on Whidbey Island. He has twelve years experience as a computer software analyst and project manager. Dennis has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
Julie (Hayes) Hopkins is a terrestrial and marine biologist and science education specialist with over 18 years experience in research, field and clinical work and resource management. Primarily a Threatened and Endangered Species specialist, she has worked on the Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest, with a marine environmental impact company and a non-profit whale research group, amassing several published documents. She has also operated her own science education business for 10 years, working with youth and adults. Julie has found her niche in positions involving and/or combining science, research, environmental impacts assessment, and related public education. As a fourth generation Washingtonian, having grown up in Issaquah, Julie has a long history with small town life on both the east and west sides of the Cascades, as well as a lifelong relationship with urban culture. She has a keen interest in natural history, and enjoys hiking, yoga, photography, reading, and raising and showing horses with her two beautiful daughters. Julie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Sciences from Washington State University.
To report a grizzly bear observation or grizzly bear field sign (such as a track or excavation dig), please call: 1-888-WOLF-BEAR and 360 734 6060
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