Linda F. Baker has lived in the Upper Green for 45 years. She is a former librarian, teacher, US Forest Service trails inventory specialist, firefighter, and trail crew boss. She surveyed (alone) over 400 miles of trails in the Wyoming Range for the USFS Big Piney Ranger District.

Linda served three years as the conservation representative on the Wyoming Game & Fish Department’s State-wide Sage-Grouse Working Group, developing the Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan, available here: http://gf.state.wy.us/wildlife/wildlife_management/sagegrouse.asp.

She served two years on the Bureau of Land Management’s Trapper’s Point Working Group, focused on wildlife migration corridor preservation in the Trapper’s Point migration corridor bottleneck near Cora, Wyoming.

She served eight years on the BLM’s Pinedale Anticline Working Group, two terms as Chair, working with representatives from ranching, oil and gas, sporting groups, recreation, federal & state agencies, and conservation organizations.

Linda’s greatest conservation successes include saving the Trapper’s Point migration corridor bottleneck from oil and gas leasing and development in 2002, and preserving 453,700 acres from oil and gas leasing across important wildlife habitats of the Upper Green River Basin.

Dottie Bentley, retired educator, avid hiker and explorer, has lived in Pinedale on and off, for over 40 years, in a hundred-year-old log cabin located in downtown Pinedale. She is now firmly planted for life.

She gained a love of the Wind River Mountains during her time at University of Wyoming, as a geology student. A Masters degree from Construction Management at Colorado State University exposed her to graduate students who led the charge in studying construction waste. She is on the board for National Center for Craftsmanship, a non-profit that focuses on keeping usable materials out of landfills, and teaches students how to safely deconstruct, reuse and resell building salvage.

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Dottie saw the value of open spaces, the low population of Wyoming, the wildlife, and the complex issues at the interchange of industry and the natural environment.  During her time at universities, connections were made with other students, both from Wyoming, Colorado and from out of state. They were able to grasp the uniqueness of Wyoming. These early connections led her to recycling efforts in Sublette County, connections with peers who later became employees of the State of Wyoming, and an appreciation for those inside and outside of the mining industry who have made a meaningful environmental impact.

In the 1980’s, her exploration career took her to the Red Desert, Powder River Basin and other places in southwestern Wyoming.  Subsequent years of living in Wyoming only added to her passion to help it thrive. The current water situation is dire. UGRA is a logical place for her to land.  

Karen (Tina) Rock, local fishing guide, studied astronomy while in college. Tina moved to Pinedale, WY in 1982. She was manager and outdoor expert at a backpacking/fly fishing/ski specialty shop for 18 years in Pinedale. Tina retired in 2003.

Dennis Schroeder manages his Pinedale ranch with an emphasis on fish and wildlife habitat improvements. He has a B.S. in Animal Science from Colorado State Univ. He is a former cattle buyer for Wilson Packing Co. of Omaha, Nebraska, and for Monfort of Greeley, CO. Dennis was a partner in Western Cattle Co, Dighton, Kansas, and was the owner of Schroeder Cattle Co., Inc. He was President of and partner in Frontier Cattle Co of Dighton and Pinedale and partner in Key Cattle Co. and J.S. Corp. cattle feeding operations. He was partner in Lane County Feeders and Sunbelt Feeders, feedlots with a combined capacity of 72,000 head. He is the past President of the Upper Green River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Dennis enjoys a variety of hobbies and interests, including obtaining a private pilot’s license, fishing, travel, hunting and golf.