About the Author

Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas

Steve A. Thomas was raised in Evanston, Illinois. He attended the University of Wisconsin—Madison, where he studied mechanical engineering and botany, and Colorado State University, where he studied watershed science.

His work as an ecologist has taken him to some of the most beautiful places in Illinois, Florida, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, and Michigan, where he lives. He has two wonderful children and works to help rehabilitate small patches of nature near his home.