Alan Watson
Rocky Mountain Research Station
“I like being a scientist because I’m helping to keep something special for future Americans. I became interested in natural resources when I was a kid and my family used to visit my uncle and aunt’s farm near Elgin, Kansas. We ran free and wild there and learned about nature.”
“My favorite science experience was when I spent 5 months in Finland at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi learning about wilderness areas in the north and the people who live there.”
“[Another] favorite science experience was riding by motorcycle over 2,000 miles to the Monte Azul Biosphere Reserve in southern Mexico. I was on my way to the 9th World Wilderness Congress. I was interested in learning what the local people were doing to protect this important area while keeping their old ways of life in the jungle of Chiapas.”
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USDA Forest Service: Alan Watson
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