Our presenter, Ron Thompson, has worked as a wildlife biologist and range conservationist for the US Forest Service; and as a research associate for Sul Ross State University.  He was the statewide big game habitat manager and large carnivore biologist for mountain lions and black bears for the Game Branch of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Ron has worked as a contract biologist capturing and radio collaring mountain lions for research projects in the Tucson area and on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge