Tom Dailey has served as a resource scientist for the Department since 1987. He and his wife, Sandy, and their five dogs live in Boone County. When not bird hunting, he gets out the kayak, mountain bike, turkey call and cross-country skiis for recreation, and a chain saw and drip torch for savanna restoration.
Tom R. Johnson retired as the Department’s state herpetologist in 2000. He is the author and illustrator of The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri, published in 1987 and revised in 2000. He lives on a small Ozark farm in Wright County. He claims to have a “prize-winning crop of rocks and weeds.”
Michelle Motley lives with her husband, Bill, and her son, Jonathan, on a farm near Rocheport. She is a program specialist in conservation with the Missouri Farm Service Agency. In her free time, she enjoys bicycling, riding horses and spending time with her family and friends.
Jason Persinger is a resource scientist working out of the Department’s Grassland Field Station in Clinton. He truly enjoys working on streams, which he sees as some of our most valuable resources. He enjoys hunting, especially waterfowl, fishing and generally being outdoors as much as possible.
Bill Turner is a fisheries program coordinator who focuses on rivers and streams. He also serves as the administrator for the Sedalia Department of Conservation office. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Carol, and their two sons, Andy and Nick. Hunting and fishing are favorite pastimes.
Bill White is a private land programs supervisor for the Department of Conservation in Jefferson City. He coordinates Department efforts to implement fish, forest and wildlife aspects of USDA Farm Bill Programs. His hobbies include quail hunting, camping and keeping up with four sons.
