Ryan Sedgeley has worked everywhere from nuclear power plants to the South Pole.

He has earned a law degree, is proficient in jewelry-making and enjoys painting and sculpting as cathartic outlets in the interesting times in which we live.

He also spent years living in Yellowstone National Park, which, when paired with his academic focus in law school on natural resources and the master’s degree he also earned in environment and natural resources, helped prepare him for his latest work: trying to help Coloradans welcome gray wolves into their state.

Sedgeley and his wife, Nicole, now live in Montrose, where he works as Southern Rockies representative for the Endangered Species Coalition. His job keeps him busy penning columns and otherwise advocating on behalf of the ongoing effort to re

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