Wild Catalina Island: Natural Secrets and Ecological Triumphs (Natural History) (CA)
In his life as a naturalist and educator, Frank Hein has served as the director of education for the Catalina Island Conservancy, a bald eagle trapper and tracker, a nature exhibit designer, a bison biologist and a fisheries biologist working on endangered Chinook salmon runs in Northern California. He holds bachelor's degrees in wildlife management and biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a master's degree in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver. Prior to joining the conservancy in early 2010, he served as the president of the Environmental Education Association of Washington and as program manager at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.A native of Venezuela, Carlos de la Rosa grew up in a big city surrounded by nature, hiking and camping in Ávila National Park, horseback riding on his father's ranch and fishing and boating in the Caribbean Sea. As a biologist, he specialized in aquatic insects and their freshwater ecosystems and was published in both scientific and layman's literature. He holds a PhD in ecology from the University of Pittsburgh and has held a number of positions, including scientist, director of biological field stations, director of conservation and education programs and other high-level nonprofit and education positions. He was a biodiversity advisor for the Organization of American States' San Juan River Basin Project in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and served as the environmental management director for the United States Agency for International Development's Northern Zone Consolidation Project in Costa Rica. He was chief conservation and science officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy for six and a half years.