Meeet Our Contributors

May 2004 - Vol. 65, No. 5

contributor Marvin Boyer is a fisheries management biologist in the Conservation Department's St. Louis Region. He grew up in rural Jefferson County, and hunting and fishing have always been his favorite pastimes. He said spending time in the outdoors with their three children is providing a lifetime of enjoyment for him and his wife, Jennifer.
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Kathy Cavender is the manager of Runge Conservation Nature Center. She was born and raised in Westphalia, a small town just east of Jefferson City. Kathy attributes her love for the outdoors to her rural roots and is thrilled to share her passion with visitors to the nature center.
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Rod Doolen is a science teacher at Clearwater High School in Piedmont. He likes hunting, fishing, hiking, canoeing and just being outdoors. He has worked in the West for the U.S. Forest Service, fighting wildfires. He describes himself as a strong proponent of natural resource stewardship.
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Mark Goodwin teaches biology at Jackson Senior High School. He spends much of his free time training hunting dogs.Mark said he plans to open a small kennel and turn his interest in dogs into a second career after he retires from the school system.
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Chris Riggert is a fisheries biologist with the Conservaton Department's Stream Unit.He is responsible for administering the Stash Your Trash program. He is an avid angler and enjoys spending quiet evenings on a small pond in his belly boat. He lives in Boonville with his wife, Jeanine, and two dogs.
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Twenty-five year Conservation Department employee Ginny Wallace coordinates the No MOre Trash! program in partnership with the Department of Transportation, and the Missouri Master Naturalist volunteer program. Ginny and her husband, Mervin, live on a 47-acre farm in Cole County, where they raised two sons, Marcus and Derek.