After Jack’s summer fellowship with SBFC in 2013 he returned to the University of Idaho to finish his degree in Natural Resource Conservation with a Minor in Wilderness Management.

Jack graduated in the spring of 2014 and immediately went to work as a Wilderness Ranger in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area where he spent the summer patrolling the Sawtooth Wilderness, cleaning up fire rings and burying poop. He followed that with a brief stint working with the coalition that eventually saw the creation of three new wilderness areas in the Boulder-White Cloud region of Idaho.

From there Jack went to work as a Wilderness Ranger on the Middle Fork District of the Salmon-Challis National Forest where he spent a season cutting out trails in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.

After that, Jack accepted a permanent position as the Wilderness Ranger of the West Fork District on the Bitterroot National Forest. That’s where you can find him today!

According to Jack, “The SBFC fellowship was pivotal in helping shape my career path. The skills I was taught and relationships I developed with both land managers, staff, and other fellows gave me the boost I needed to bring me to where I am now.”