Jeff Beringer is a resource scientist with the Conservation Department. He works in Columbia. His responsibilities include deer, turkey and grouse management. He enjoys taking his two sons hunting and fi shing.
Jeff M. Finley formerly operated the Conservation Department's Mobile Aquarium. He is currently a fi shery biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Columbia. Jeff, his wife, Anna, and their three children live near Hartsburg, where they enjoy the natural wonders of the Missouri River.
Sara Firman-Pitt was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Kenya, Fiji and Brazil. She said Ozark spring storms remind her of her tropical childhood. She and her husband, Ralph, have created a small retreat center on Spring Creek in Douglas County specializing in a unique form of water therapy.
Freelance outdoor writer Mark Goodwin lives in Jackson and teaches biology at Jackson Senior High School. He enjoys a wide variety of outdoor recreation and spends the bulk of his free time with family and friends in the Missouri Ozarks.
Ann Koenig lives in Columbia with her husband and two young sons. She has worked as a Conservation Department forester for eight years. Granddaughter of a stave mill owner, great niece of a WWII naturalist, and daughter-in-law to owners of a Century Farm, she has strong ties to conservation.
