Editor Bill Willers was born in Vancouver, Washington, and while growing up lived in many parts of the United States, in Europe, and in Japan. He is professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, an adviser to student environmental groups, and is involved in the Green Party movement. He is author of Trout Biology: A Natural History of Trout and Salmon.
This book was on my unread shelf the longest - having been there since aproximately 2000. It was interesting to read the formative thinkers of that era's ecology education (or a little before) whereas now I would very much appreciate a more varied non-old white man perspective.