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FWS Behind the Lens: Chelsi Burns

FWS Behind the Lens: Chelsi Burns

Chelsi Burns grew up at the base of the Tuscarora mountains, in a rural community of Pennsylvania near the Appalachian Trail. She loves how…
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FWS Artist and Photographer: Michelle Smith

FWS Artist and Photographer: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith is a painter, photographer, and an Instructional Designer for the National Conservation Training Center. She loves to share…
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FWS Author and Photographer: Craig Springer

FWS Author and Photographer: Craig Springer

Craig Springer is passionate about fish biology, creating art with words, and the surprise of seeing what comes from pressing a shutter. He…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Kayt Jonsson

FWS Behind the Lens: Kayt Jonsson

Kayt Jonsson grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio where she fostered a passion for photography by capturing moments with her family on a…
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FWS Artist: Kristin Simanek

FWS Artist: Kristin Simanek

Kristin Simanek is a talented graphic designer, scientific illustrator, and artist who was born in Detroit, Michigan. She has a Bachelor’s…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Becky Harrison

FWS Behind the Lens: Becky Harrison

Becky Harrison grew up in the suburbs outside of Detroit, Michigan and photography has always been a hobby of hers. She’s been behind the…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Tom Koerner

FWS Behind the Lens: Tom Koerner

Tom Koerner grew up as a city kid in Lincoln, Nebraska. He would ride his bike for miles into the country, knocking on farmhouse doors…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Melissa Gonzalez

FWS Behind the Lens: Melissa Gonzalez

Melissa Gonzalez is a true islander and grew up in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico with the Caribbean coast and tropical rain forests as her…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Danielle Brigida

FWS Behind the Lens: Danielle Brigida

Danielle Brigida grew up in Northern Virginia, playing in nearby creeks and flipping over the stones in her yard to look for ants. She’s…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Jeff Adams

FWS Behind the Lens: Jeff Adams

Jeff Adams is a native Texan, history buff, and wildfire guy. His interest in fire and geography came from a desire to give back and…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Grayson Smith

FWS Behind the Lens: Grayson Smith

Grayson Smith is from rural western Maryland where he grew up playing outdoors, fishing and camping in the woods. He has released bobcats…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Peter Pearsall

FWS Behind the Lens: Peter Pearsall

Peter Pearsall is from Seattle, Washington and has many fond memories of being outside. As a youngster, he loved playing with critters in…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Doug Canfield

FWS Behind the Lens: Doug Canfield

Doug Canfield has been known to hang out of helicopters, climb into cages with wild animals and swim in alligator-infested waters to find…
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FWS Behind the Lens: Gary Peeples

FWS Behind the Lens: Gary Peeples

Gary Peeples generally isn’t that into nature photography.
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FWS Behind the Lens: Sam Stukel

FWS Behind the Lens: Sam Stukel

The small town of Gregory, South Dakota is where Sam Stukel grew up crazy about hunting and fishing on the banks of the Missouri River…
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