Dr. Jim Pease has a broad background in education, natural resources, wildlife and camping. He currently serves as Extension Wildlife Specialist in the Department of Animal Ecology at Iowa State University. He teaches courses in interpretation of natural resources, human dimensions of wildlife, and international agriculture courses and directs statewide efforts in Extension wildlife education. He and his graduate students conduct research in the areas of environmental education, interpretation, and human dimensions. He has considerable international experience, teaching and conducting other projects in Costa Rica, Brazil, and Russia. In addition, he advises State 4-H Staff at ISU on Extension camping and environmental education, a program he directed for 9 years. Pease grew up in Burlington, Iowa, obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his Ph. D. in wildlife biology at Iowa State University. He has been with ISU since 1980. Prior to that, he served as a naturalist with the University of Wisconsin Extension State 4-H Staff, teaching thousands of youth and adults each year in environmental education and camping programs.