Staff

Craig Mortimore, Renewable Energy Programs Coordinator Following a long career with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, which took him to every corner of the state, Craig took a brief stab at retirement. With the free time that came with it, he pursued his favorite activities free of deadlines and budget limitations.These included wildlife art, hunting, fishing, camping and the occasionally productive cheering of his beloved San Francisco Giants. Then separation anxiety emerged and with it the desire to re-engage with the conservation community. He brings his background in wildlife management and public policy to his new duties. A life-long Nevadan, Craig met his bride Suzette in South Africa and together they find the best recipe for life requires the ingredients of their three daughters and two granddaughters. This formula also requires a daily seasoning of laughter. (Craig is the one on the left) e-mail Craig Jim Sloan, Communications Coordinator Jim is a long-time Nevada journalist who turned his attention to education and nonprofit work in 2008. He likes to backpack, kayak and ski, and he's spent more than 20 years traipsing around Nevada's backcountry chasing chukar with his father in law. Jim's work for us involves blogging, compiling and editing our newsletters, managing our website, designing posters and email blasts, and asking our staff scientists A LOT of questions. Jim is married to Karen and has two daughters -- Emma, who is studying environmental policy at Cal Poly, and Lily, an honors student at Reno High and a top-ranked swimmer and equestrienne. Jim is the author of three books, and countless newspaper and magazine articles. He is a former senior editor at the Reno Gazette-Journal. e-mail Jim Gregg Tanner, Wildlife Biologist Gregg is a native Nevadan, originally from Yerington. He graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno in 1974 with a degree in wildlife management and had a 32-year career with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), working as a biologist on terrestrial game and nongame wildlife, public land issues and agency administration. During his tenure with NDOW, he was assigned duty stations in Las Vegas, Yerington, Fallon and Reno. He retired in 2004 after a nine-year stint as Game Bureau Chief and, since then, has been a professional hunting dog trainer. Married to Joanne for 34 years, the Tanners have two grown children, Erin and Nathan. They have a lived in Fallon since 1981. Gregg enjoys training his own dogs and hiking Nevada's outback following one of his three German shorthair pointers in pursuit of Nevada's array of upland game birds. Gregg joined NWP in May, 2009. e-mail Gregg Rita Smyth, Director of Administrative Functions You might be inclined to pronounce Rita's last name incorrectly (it's pronounced Smith, not Smythe) but make no mistake about Rita's commitment to wildlands preservation. She's worked on wildlands issues and wilderness restoration projects for years as a volunteer. She's been up on the Sheldon National Wildife Refuge with her husband, children and grandchildren, pulling old fences out in the hot sun. She also brings a vast array of office management and nonprofit experience to Nevada Wilderness Project. If it seems like our office is humming like a well-oiled machine, that's because Rita makes it that way e-mail Rita