Meeet Our Contributors

Aug. 2007 - Vol. 63, No. 8

contributor image Nearing retirement as a counseling psychologist, Cynthia Andre is studying the environment and botany as a graduate student at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. In her spare time she enjoys gardening and hiking near her home on Bull Creek, next to the Mark Twain National Forest. She says she is dusting off old recipes for pawpaws in anticipation of this year's harvest.
contributor image An 11-year veteran of the Conservation Department, Mike Arduser is the regional natural history biologist at the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area. He says one of the most enjoyable aspects of his job is teaching people the importance of conservation in urban areas. He enjoys canoeing, hiking and fishing with his wife, Jane, and their three children.
contributor image Forester Terence Hanley worked in Ellington and at Rockwoods Reservation near St. Louis for the Conservation Department, before recently taking another employment opportunity. He is an Indiana native and a graduate of Purdue University. This is his first article for the Conservationist.
contributor image Lonnie Hansen has studied deer and been involved in their management for over 20 years, 15 of those as a Conservation Department wildlife research biologist. He enjoys hunting and fishing and managing the flora and fauna on his property north of Columbia.
contributor image Bryan Hendricks is managing editor of the Conservationist. He describes himself as a quail hunting, skeet shooting, smallmouth bass fishing fanatic. He is a former editor for a national publishing company and has been published in more than 60 different publications.
contributor image A resident of Unionville, Dale Ream Jr. is the director of records and secretary/treasurer of the Missouri Show-Me Big Bucks Club. He enjoys all aspects of deer hunting.