Marvin Boyer is a fisheries management biologist in the Conservation Department’s St Louis Region. Hunting and fishing have always been his favorite pastimes. Spending time in the outdoors with their three children provide a lifetime of enjoyment for Marvin and his wife, Jennifer.
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.
Kenneth L. Kieser writes regularly for newspapers and outdoor magazines. He is an active member of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association and the Missouri Outdoor Communicators. He says he spent his first 50 years in Missouri. He now lives near Kansas City, Kansas.
Community Outreach Specialist Phil Helfrich ran a greenway and a youth corps non-profit in Colorado before moving back to Missouri five years ago to work for Conservation Department in the Cape Girardeau office. He was formerly a guitar player for Steely Dan, and a tour guide.
George Kromrey is the Conservation Department’s coldwater hatcheries supervisor. He’s worked in both fisheries management and hatcheries for more than 28 years. He’s had a lifelong interest in water and aquatic life, and enjoys fishing with his wife, Sandra, and their grown sons.
Mark Van Patten was a member of the first Stream Team in 1989. He later became Stream Team Coordinator for the Conservation Federation of Missouri and later joined the Conservation Department, where he holds the same position. Mark hosts a public television show on fly tying.
