Meet Our Contributors

Jan. 2002 - Vol. 63, No. 1

	Before retiring in 2000, Jim Auckley worked 29 years for the Conservation Department as a writer and as managing editor of the Conservationist. He now spends his days reading and taking advantage of Missouri's many fly fishing opportunities. He lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Carolyn.
	A 1985 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Mark Grueber is the Conservation Department's urban forester for St. Charles County. Along with his passion for playing and coaching volleyball, he's also a huge professional hockey fan. He also enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife, Lorri.
	Bob Hrabik has been with the Department since 1986 and has seined streams in all major watersheds in Missouri. In fact, Bob has sampled fish with his seine from the Dakotas to Texas to the Atlantic coast and just about everywhere in-between. When not seining fish, Bob is after them with hook and line at his home along Apple Creek in northern Cape Girardeau County.
	Charlotte Overby was a writer and assistant editor for the Conservationist for five years. She left the Department in 1999 and is a fulltime freelance writer. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Wildlife Conservation, The New York Times on the Web and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She likes to hike and canoe, and she teaches backpacking with the Becoming an Outsdoors-woman (BOW) program.
	Josh Shroyer is a resource forester based in Clinton. He's been with the Department for six years, but he has 10 years experience fighting wildflowers, including some famous ones in Montana, Oregon and Washington. He enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife, Tami, and his son, Nate.

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