With more than 25 years of experience studying the endangered waabizheshi (American Marten) and forest ecology, Wilson joined the Biological Services Division in the fall of 2024 to work closely with the USFS in jointly upholding and carrying out the Tribal/US Forest Service Memorandum of Understanding. Wilson grew up in the woods of Wisconsin hunting, trapping, fishing, and generally exploring everything the wildness has to offer. He is married with three children
In 2000, Wilson graduated from Northland College in Ashland, Wis. earning a Bachelor of Science in Outdoor Education & Natural History with a minor in Environmental Education.
Before GLIFWC, Wilson worked as a Conservation Specialist for Iron County’s Land & Water Conservation Department, focusing on education and outreach, non-native species, and water quality monitoring programs. He also has experience working with the Board of Commissioners of Public Land where he worked part time as a forest ecologist.
Wilson’s passion to learn about environmental issues, sustainable farming, forest, and wildlife practices has led him to 15 countries where he also got to experience some of the most diverse and vibrant cultures of the world.
His love for the environment eventually brought him back to Northern Wisconsin, where he started his career as a naturalist for a small non-profit nature center, North Lakeland Discovery Center. At the Center, he developed nature-based programming and coordinated citizen-science monitoring projects. These projects focused on American Marten, the Common loon, birds and bat research, carnivore tracking and wolf howling surveys.