Blog contributors
A look at the writers who make this blog possible.
The following DWR staff have shared their personal wildlife stories with you on this blog. Here you can find out a little bit more about who they are and what they do. Click on their image avatars to see a list of their posts.
Bob Walters
Bob Walters is the DWR's Watchable Wildlife program coordinator. He is an avid birder who loves Utah's amazing wildlife and hates long meetings.
Boyde Blackwell
Boyde Blackwell is the Private Lands Public Wildlife program coordinator in the Salt Lake Office. Before coming to Salt Lake, he spent almost 10 years as a biologist in northeastern Utah, an area he still considers the greatest region in the state.
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 Penne
Chris Penne is the Community Fisheries program leader. A biologist and administrator, he works to make fishing great at Utah’s 37 community fisheries. An avid angler, of debatable skill, Chris dubs himself a “fish-head” and is passionate about all things involving fish.
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.
Heather Perry
Heather Perry is the DWR's volunteer coordinator in southern Utah. Heather spends much of her time working with hunters enrolled in the Dedicated Hunter program.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks to the blog contributors for taking time to write their stories. If you are a DWR employee and have a story to share, please e-mail ParkerJones@utah.gov.



















