Tom has enjoyed over 50 years of experiences with wildlife. He was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin attending high school there. His education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Fish and Wildlife Management from the University of Minnesota and Montana State University; respectively. For 30 years, he was a wildlife biologist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. In 1982 he was named “Wildlife Biologist of the Year” for his efforts to end the use of persistent pesticides, such as DDT and Endrin.

Tom retired in 1987. One of his retirement gifts was a Nikon camera, which started him on a second career. His love for nature is also reflected in his lifelong hobbies of fishing, hunting and wildlife watching, now replaced with a passion for wildlife photography. Tom’s color wildlife photos have won numerous awards in Montana at the The International Wildlife Film Festival, Yellowstone, Photographic Institute, and The Western Heritage Artists. Most of Tom’s photographs were taken in National Parks, public refuges and private sanctuaries in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Alaska and Western Canada.

Wolves have been a special interest to Tom and many of his photo admirers. Most of his wolf and cat photos are taken in private sanctuaries. He recently photographed wolves in Yellowstone Park and will be increasing his emphasis there. Now residing in Estes Park, Colorado, Tom is constantly adding Colorado wildlife to his extensive photo collection.

Tom envisions photography as a means to record and share with others the many beauties and wonders of wildlife and nature. He has found that if you work hard, love what you do, and do what you love, that life’s enrichments will follow!  You will see that his photos are truly from both the eye and the heart of a photographer that loves wildlife!