Meeet Our Contributors

Oct. 2002 - Vol. 63, No. 10

contributor image Carol Davit hails from Gray Summit, but now lives between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains in Roanoke, Virginia. A former Conservation Department employee, she continues to write about plants and other aspects of the natural world and enjoys hiking and birding in her new stomping ground.
contributor image A. J. Hendershott is a Conservation Department Regional Supervisor in Outreach and Education. He lives in Cape Girardeau County with his wife and two children. A.J. visits swamps to fish, hunt, birdwatch, hike, and look for reptiles. He spends his spare time drawing and re-creating ancient spear throwers.
contributor image Christopher Kennedy is a fisheries management specialist for the Conservation Department. He spends most of his time working with public and private lakes. Christopher grew up in the St. Louis area, but has lived in Cape Girardeau for the past six years. He enjoys fishing with his wife, Felicia, and their two children for crappie, bluegill, and bass in ponds and lakes, and catfish on the Mississippi River.
contributor image Jim Low is Print News Services Coordinator for the Conservation Department. He holds degrees in magazine journalism and wildlife management from the University of Missouri-Columbia and is a 10-time winner of outdoor ethics writing awards from the Izaak Walton League of America.
contributor image Kyle Reno's 12-year tenure with the Conservation Department included 10 years as a fisheries biologist in northwest Missouri. Kyle is currently the Regional Private Land Services Supervisor in St. Joseph. His outdoor interests include hunting, fishing, trapping, gardening, and sharing Boy Scout activities with his two sons.