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Tim Byers Outreach Program Manager  Wisconsin Center For Environmental Education & UWSP Continuing Education College of Natural Resources   at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point B.S. (Individually Planned EE and Interp) University of Wisconsin Stevens Point M.S. (Natural Resources/Environmental Education) University of Wisconsin Stevens Point DrM (Organizational Leadership) University of Phoenix - 16 crs

Tim Byers was born and raised in Chicago, IL and has almost lived in Wisconsin longer than he lived in Chicago, so he still struggles with Bear/Packer games! He came to Wisconsin in 1982 to participate in the UWSP Environmental Council Eagle Walk and came to UWSP to complete his undergraduate degree in 1983-84.

From there he and his wife Cindy (another Eagle Walker) moved to Egg Harbor in Door County and did a number of things over the next 5 years: camp counselors, park naturalists and interpreters, cross-country ski instructors, newspaper reporting, photography, you name it. They returned to UWSP in 1989-90 for Cindy to add a teaching license and Tim to earn his MS in Natural Resources.

In 1990-94 Tim worked for UW-Extension as a Youth Development Agent in Oconto and Portage Counties. From 1994-96 he worked with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a Natural Resources Educator on Ozone, Air Quality, and Marina Water Treatment projects.

In 1996 Tim returned to UWSP to work with Dr Dennis Yockers on the Wisconsin Environmental Education Resource Directory (WEERD) and in 1997 was hired by UWSP Continuing Education to oversee College of Natural Resources continuing education courses. He continues to do that.

In 1998 the coming importance of online courses and an online presence made developing online coursework a priority and the seeds for NRES 400/600 were sown with its first online iteration happening in 1999. Tim has continued to stress the online realm in his practice and professional development and has had a hand in a number of UWSP’s online courses including:

1)           NRES 358/558, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

2)           NRES 400/600, Wisconsin Environmental Studies

3)           NRES 530, Environmental Health

4)           NRES 679, GET travel courses

5)           NRES 701, Readings in Environmental Education

6)           NRES 715, Plant Resources and Humans

For more information about these courses and how to register, please contact Tim Byers at tbyers@uwsp.edu or 715-346-4176.

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