Meeet Our Contributors

Aug. 2001 - Vol. 62, No. 8

contributor image Psychologist Cynthia Andre is moving into a career in biology, pursuing her longtime interest in the environment and her more recent interest in the Bull Creek watershed in the Ozarks, where she has lived for five years. She is currently a graduate student at Southwest Missouri State University, where she is studying plant ecology.
contributor image Bryan Hendricks is managing editor of the Conservationist. An avid angler, he spends much of his free time in a canoe or kayak fishing Missouri's streams and rivers. The rest of the time he spends scheming up new ways to catch fish. Sometimes they even work. His articles have appeared in Outdoor Life, Sports Afield and Bassmaster.
contributor image Gene Kelly is the Conservation Department's donations program administrator. He began his career 35 years ago as a conservation agent. He says he likes to help people protect the natural integrity of their property and other personal assets for posterity by ensuring their use for conservation. Gene often writes about his hunting, fishing and trapping experiences. He lives in Columbia with his wife, Glenda.
contributor image Freelance writer Jack McLaughlin lives near Mountain View with his wife, Jane. His passions include training bird dogs and fishing Ozark streams for trout and bass. He has been fly tying and fly fishing for more than 50 years. His articles have appeared in Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Fly Fisherman and Gun Dog.
contributor image Dr. Paul. L. Redfearn taught botany at Southwest Missouri State University from 1957-1988 and is currently a research associate for the Missouri Botanical Garden. He formerly served as mayor of Springfield. He has also done extensive research on mosses in China. His hobbies include wildflower photography and fishing. He lives in Springfield with his wife, Alice.
contributor image Larry Rizzo is a natural history biologist with the Conservation Department. He enjoys ecological restoration work, especially when it takes place in the unlikely realm of a large city. In his spare time, Larry's outdoor interests include canoeing, hunting, fishing and birding. A native Kansas Citian, he still lives near that city with his wife, Kathleen.