Ryan Parker

Ryan Parker is an experienced wildlife biologist currently serving as the Arkansas State Coordinator and Grasslands Coordinating Wildlife Biologist for Quail Forever since July 2020, in collaboration with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Prior to this role, Ryan worked as a Private Lands Wildlife Biologist at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies from October 2018 to June 2020, also in partnership with the USDA. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science degree in Biology with a focus on Grassland Wildlife Ecology from the University of Colorado Denver, earned between 2016 and 2019, and a dual Bachelor's degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Biology & Management and Environment & Natural Resources from the University of Wyoming, completed in 2015. Ryan has also served as a Biological Science Technician - Wildlife with the U.S. Forest Service from May 2014 to June 2018 and worked as a teaching assistant during graduate studies.