I am a natural resources management/zoology educator for University of Illinois Extension. I collaborate with many local agencies, government, and non-profit organizations in the development of natural resource curricula for youth and adults. I am currently working on the development of: an environmental decision making curricula for grades K-6, nature education programs for school age youth at our local forest preserve, horticulture and botanical youth curricula at our local botanical center, sustainable resource use workshops for adults, ecosystem management workshops for adults and volunteers, and the development of land use programs for both youth and adults.