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Karl grew up in Idaho Falls, ID where his enthusiasm for the outdoors started. Between frequent family camping trips, camping and outdoor activities in the Boy Scouts, to summer camps and most of the summers spent in the outdoors/wilderness, Karl has developed a loved for the peacefulness, beauty, and adventures the outdoors has to offer.  Karl attended Boise State University and frequently claims he “bleeds Orange & Blue”. He met his wife Sheryl, (from Spring Creek, NV), of 21 years, while both were attending BSU.  They have an 11 year-old daughter. While living in Las Vegas they actively supported the Children’s Heart Foundation 501(1)(c)(3), ultimately serving on the Board of Trustees, to help guide the CHFN’s mission to serve the Nevada families of children with congenital heart defects. Karl and his family moved to Spring Creek during the Summer of 2021, to not only be much closer to family, but to return to their roots of small town living and enjoying the outdoors more often.  Karl enjoys fishing, A LOT! He also enjoys cooking, hunting, riding 4 wheelers, and most importantly spending time with his family.

我是北京学前教育协会学前自然与森林教育专委会主任。擅长整合专业资源和教育业务。我在学前自然教育师资路径和课程的培养上有天分。

Professional interests: Environmental Education, Higher Education, Natural Resource Management, Outdoor Recreation, Sustainability, Community Conservation Personal interests: Kayaking, bike touring, downhill and cross-country skiing; birding, botany, geology, earth science, ecology

Born and raised in Venezuela, now calls Florida his other, more humid, tropical home. As a University of Central Florida graduate, he started his environmental career in conservation education education at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 2015. He continued to work as a field specialist for an environmental consulting firm performing migratory bird evaluations, species’ relocations, wetland delineations, and enforcing federal and state policies. While he loved traveling and doing field work, he re-stumbled upon his passion for environmental education. He has been with the City of Tampa for over four years working as the Recycling Specialist in the Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management.

Professor Emeritus of Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies at State University of New York College at Cortland. Retired after 46 years teaching environmental and outdoor education courses.  Was also Director of the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors and editor of Taproot, the organization’s journal of outdoor education.

Co-founder, first Board president and long-time director of the Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture in Cortland, New York.  It has been his great honor to help people see, understand, and love the land.  Author of three books, Foxey Brown: An Adirondack Outlaw, Hermit and Guide... (2011), Jacob's Land: Revolutionary War Soldiers, Schemers, Scoundrels and the Settling of New York's Frontier (2016) and The 'Tree' of Us: Richford Boys Who Changed the World and What They Left Behind. (Spring 2023).  

Currently, working as an educator in the San Joaquin Co. Office of Eduation in an alternative education setting. I am enrolled as a student at the Teachers College of San Joaquin in the Environmental Literacy Masters program. I have been teaching K-12 for 20 years.

As a North Carolina native and educator for over twenty years I am eager to continue my own education about the world around me and bring it to my students. I have a passion for nature photography, plant and animal identification and hiking.