Meeet Our Contributors

Oct. 2004 - Vol. 65, No. 10


contributor Dale Cornelius is the Conservation Department's fisheries management biologist for Pomme De Terre Reservoir. He has been working for the Department since 1980 with various responsibilities and in various locations around the state. Dale Lives in Lebanon with his wife, Pam, and son, Derek.
contributor Lonnie Hansen has studied deer and been involved in their management for more than 20 years, 15 of them 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 Bill Heatherly has been a wildlife programs supervisor at the Conservation Department's office in Jefferson City since 1997. Before that, he spent two years as an urban wildlife specialist, resolving deer and other wildliferelated problems in the Kansas City area.
contributor Travis Moore is a fisheries management biologist in Hannibal. He enjoys a variety of outdoor activities with his wife and two sons. He said his grandmother read a draft of his article and said she'd never be able to look at a falling leaf the same way again.
contributor A native Missourian, Tim Nigh has worked as an ecologist for the Conservation Department for almost 20 years. He lives in Columbia along with his 19-year-old son, Sean. He is a river enthusiast and a fisherman, and he enjoys history.
contributor Rhonda L. Rimer is the natural history biologist for the Conservation Department's Ozark Region. She's interested in natural community and rare plant restoration. Her research on Virginia sneezeweed will be published in the October edition of "The Natural Areas Journal."