Brad received a BS in Wildlife Biology from University of Montana and an MS in Protected Landscape Management from University of Wales. Brad has worked in a variety of positions from wildlife research assistant in Yellowstone National Park and the Bitterroot National Forest, deckhand and visitor information specialist in Alaska, to US Peace Corps volunteer and ecotourism consultant for seven years in and around Mt. Elgon National Park in Uganda. Brad began working in the Blackfoot watershed in 2005 with the North Powell Conservation District. He joined the Challenge in 2009 as the Land Steward, where today he continues to work with the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area Council and private landowners across the watershed to accomplish their land stewardship goals. Brad thoroughly enjoys life in western Montana with his son, Corbin, where you can find them riding, floating, driving, photographing, or during fall, hiking to, searching for, or hauling something along the way.