Aaron Cox

Aaron Cox is a guest contributor to the DWR blog. He has been in the DWR's Dedicated Hunter Program since 1998. Aaron is from Milford and enjoys being a dedicated hunter because he can do the things he loves while spending time with family and friends.

Bill Bates

Bill Bates is the regional supervisor for the southeastern region. While working for the DWR, he's had the chance to restore river otter populations, research endangered fish, crawl into bear dens, and transplant big game animals.

Bob Walters

Bob Walters is the DWR's Watchable Wildlife program coordinator. He is an avid birder who loves Utah's amazing wildlife, particularly Salt Lake City's resident peregrine falcons.

Brent Stettler

Brent is the DWR's conservation outreach manager for southeastern Utah. He loves wildlife and the outdoors and spends his free time exploring the backcountry.

Carmen Bailey

Carmen is a trained biologist and program coordinator. She spends most of her time in the Salt Lake City office managing a variety of programs, including species mapping, sensitive species databases and NEPA review.

Chris Crockett

Chris Crockett is an aquatic biologist who specializes in native amphibians. When he isn’t working, Chris enjoys fishing for native cutthroat trout, hunting forest grouse and kayaking with his wife, Emily, on the Great Salt Lake.

Chris Penne

Chris Penne is an aquatics biologist in the DWR's Ogden office, where he specializes in reservoir and lake management. He works with a crew of six other biologists and is responsible for fish and amphibians in seven counties of northern utah.

Darren DeBloois

Darren DeBloois is the biologist who manages all hunted species on the Cache and Ogden Wildlife Management Units in northern Utah. Darren received his Masters degree in Wildlife Management from Utah State University and has worked for the DWR since 1998.

Dave Rich

Dave has worked for the DWR for the past 22 years, and has held a variety of positions in both northern and southeastern Utah. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys spending time with his family.

Drew Cushing

Drew Cushing is a wildlife biologist who focuses on Utah's warmwater fisheries. He works with other DWR personnel and angling groups to ensure appropriate and consistent program direction. Drew is an avid angler and hunter.

Jim Lamb

Jim Lamb began working for the DWR in 1992 as a conservation officer. In 2005, he transferred into the Wildlife section to work in Loa as a district biologist.

Justin Hart

Justin Hart is a wildilfe biologist working in the DWR's Southeastern Region.

Justin Shannon

Justin is the Wildlife Program Manager in the DWR's Southeastern Region.

Kenny Johnson

Kenny Johnson works in the division's administrative section as the Business Analyst. His team oversees online sales, AR for license sales revenue and vendor partnerships. He enjoys serving the public and is a life-long Utah hunter, fisher, sportsman and outdoors enthusiast.

Kirt Enright

Kirt has worked for the DWR for 30 years and has spent the last 15 as a wildlife biologist. He enjoys upland game and waterfowl hunting, along with walleye and bass fishing.

Lynn Chamberlain

Lynn Chamberlain has been a professional outdoor photographer for over 30 years. His photos frequently appear on the DWR website and in a variety of publications. He lives in southern Utah and is the Conservation Outreach manager for the DWR's Southern Region.

Matt McKell

Matt McKell is a fisheries biologist who recently transferred from Utah's northern Uinta mountains to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. He enjoys the outdoors, spending time with his family and combining the two as often as possible.

Nicole Nielson

Nicole is a habitat biologist in the Southeast Region who works with the impact of oil and natural gas.

Parker Jones

Parker Jones works diligently on the website for the DWR. He also travels around Utah assisting with video production that ranges from creeping into bear dens to jumping on pronghorn. He spends his free time recovering from these escapades.

Patricia Engel

After working as an environmental scientist in Florida, Tricia left her beaches for Utah's mountains in 2008. She loves the beauty of the state and now works with volunteers in the DWR's Dedicated Hunter Program.

Paul Birdsey

Paul is the aquatics manager in the DWR's Southeast Region. He describes himself as the world's only limnologist, planner, database programmer, hypersaline system ecologist, financial manager and fisheries administrator. In his free time, Paul can usually be found fishing.

Phil Douglass

Phil Douglass is the DWR's conservation outreach manager in northern Utah. He is an avid videographer who works closely with the public and the media to highlight Utah's great wildlife opportunities.

Robin Thomas

Robin is the DWR's marketing coordinator and spends much of her time working to get — and keep — people excited about fishing. She is also heavily involved with legislative issues important to the DWR.

Ryan Mosley

Ryan is a fisheries biologist whose work focuses on both the Green River and Flaming Gorge Reservoir. He loves to hike, hunt, fish and play in the surrounding hills when he's not at work.

Scott Root

Scott is the DWR's conservation outreach manager in central Utah. He works with the public, the media and anyone who has questions about wildlife. He enjoys hunting, fishing and wildlife watching, especially with his kids.

Tony Wright

Tony Wright is a wildlife biologist working for the DWR in the Southeastern Region.

Wayne Gustaveson

Wayne Gustaveson is the DWR's project leader at Lake Powell. His 34 years at the lake have given him unique insights into this popular fishery. He shares his fishing tips and reports at www.wayneswords.com.