Eric Darracq Since 1990, Mr. Darracq has worked with professional organizations in land management restoring and researching conditions of forests, prairies, savannas, and wetlands. As a Certified Wildlife Biologist®, he has served the wildlife and natural resource agencies of the states of Mississippi, Georgia, and Kentucky, and their citizens. He has written and co-written more than 500 land management plans for private landowners who have voluntarily asked for technical guidance to enhance wildlife, timber, soil, water, recreation, and aesthetic natural resources. He has provided 600 presentations for thousands of landowners and citizens interested in sustainable land management. He has served on a dozen professional agricultural and wildlife committees, with two positions as President, helping to deliver many services. He earned a B.S. from University of Georgia in Forestry and Natural Resource Management with a concentration in wildlife in 1993. He earned his M.S. from Clemson University in Wildlife Biology in 1996, with support from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and farmers, researching agricultural productivity in relation to populations of native flora and fauna. He then completed 4 years post-masters graduate level coursework from Clemson and Colorado State Universities studying and researching human dimensions of wildlife and natural resources. He lives in Kentucky with his wife Andrea and two youngest children, Satilla and River Darracq.

Jeffrey J. Brooks, Ph.D. Jeffrey Brooks is a member of the Human Dimensions Working Group of The Wildlife Society where he served as board member-at-large, chair, and past chair from 2011 to 2021. Dr. Brooks is a member of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Jeff served as a water-borne disease control specialist in the U.S. Peace Corps in Benin and Togo, 1990-1993 and as a wildlife technician with AmeriCorps in south Florida, 1995-1996. Jeff earned a B.S. in biology with minors in sociology and chemistry at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan in 1990, an M.S. in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development at the University of Georgia in 1998, and a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Recreation and Human Dimensions at Colorado State University in 2003. Dr. Brooks has worked as a wildlife biologist with the National Park Service in Florida; a social science analyst with the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado; an outdoor recreation specialist with Tetra Tech EC in Washington state; a refuge planner, social scientist, and anthropologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska; and a sociocultural specialist, social scientist, and environmental protection specialist with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Alaska and Virginia. He served as associate editor for Leisure Sciences, 2009-2012. Jeff lives in Anchorage, Alaska with his beloved spouse and two overscheduled teenagers.

Andrea K. Darracq Dr. Andrea Darracq is an associate professor at Murray State University and a Certified Wildlife Biologist® through The Wildlife Society. She is the Wildlife and Conservation Biology Coordinator and advises the Wildlife and Fisheries Society at Murray State University. Her research lab focuses on how wildlife responds to management, restoration, anthropogenic challenges, and how humans can benefit from biodiversity conservation. Dr. Darracq earned a BS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Maine, MS in Forest Resources with a concentration in Wildlife Biology from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, and PhD in Wildlife and Conservation Ecology from the University of Florida.