Charlie has worked in a variety of media with wildlife as a primary focus. He has filmed and assisted on a number of films with Wolfgang Bayer Productions, the BBC, Nature, PBS, and others. He has authored several books including “Living with Wildlife on Private Land” and is currently working on other books and developing film ideas for CERI projects. He is a graduate of Utah State University with a B.Sc. in Wildlife Management.

John is a renowned international wildlife artist, specializing in large oil paintings of animals from around the world. He studied art and zoology at the University of Montana and holds a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle in Visual Communication. He has been featured in national publications including; Africa Geographic, the Artist’s Magazine, Wildlife Art, Big Sky Journal and the African Sporting Gazette. John and his work have been featured on television including the Outdoor Channel, PBS, and Outdoor Life Network.

Yvonne is a science writer and regularly writes articles for Science, Natural History, Science News, the Atlantic Monthly, Discover, and other magazines and has written several books including “The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us” and “A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The Growing Threat Of Species Invasions”.

Susan teaches Wildlife Ecology and Policy Science at Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She has developed a curriculum in Conservation Biology and is also interested in natural resource policy and management. The foci of her research and policy analysis efforts are the Northern Rockies of the U.S., endangered mammals of Australia, and conservation policy in Central America.

Alan is a freelance writer who has published nine books and  hundreds of magazine articles. His stories have appeared in Audubon, Montana Quarterly, Nature, Canoe & Kayak, Backpacker, Outside, Men's Journal, and his books include The Wilderness Paddler’s Handbook and Threading the Currents:  A Paddler’s Passion for Water. Alan splits his time between teaching (Montana State University, Yellowstone Association) and writing.

Kent Madin

Kent is the Vice-President and Director of Boojum Expeditions, Inc. and Honorary Consul of Mongolia for MT, ID and WY.  He is the founder of the the Boojum Charitable Fund, a nonprofit supporting social projects in Mongolia.  He also serves on the board of the Montana Center for International Visitors.

Eldon J. Spencer, Jr.

Eldon is an attorney in the law firm of Leonard, O'Brien, Wilford, Spencer, and Gale in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Harvard Law School (Magna Cum Laude) in 1971. One of his major areas of interest and expertise is environmental law. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul.

Since retiring as Executive Officer of his firm, Wealth Strategies NW, Tad has founded Oregon Trout, a non-profit wild fish advocacy organization and served on the board of the Henry’s Fork Foundation.  He also helped establish Island Park Advocates for Responsible Development, and initiated Fremont Growth Solutions; a community based educational initiative focusing on the problems and opportunities of rapid growth in rural areas.  His career experience in leadership, business development and marketing has been the focus of his conservation work.

Tony Thompson

Tony is a conservation biologist who operates his family’s Willow Lake Farm in Windom, Minnesota where he raises corn and soybeans, and manages a large expanse (250 acres) of native prairie for seed harvest. He also oversees a practical, farm-based program for the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Minnesota in sustainable agriculture and actively works to preserve wildlife habitat and movement corridors in his region.