Jay interviews Jerry Emory. Following research and work based out of both Latin America and the Western U.S. in the 1980s, Jerry spent a year at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos Islands and an equivalent amount of time in the Brazilian Pantanal for grad work. He became a professional writer and communications consultant. Jerry worked at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in San Francisco in the early 2000s followed by 10 years at the California State Parks Foundation. A graduate of Stanford and U.C. Berkeley, he lives with his family in Mill Valley, California.

Jerry has written dozens of magazine articles on the environment, conservation and science with a focus on Latin America and the Western U.S. He is the author of 5 books, including the San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide and the Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide, and has served twice as a board member of The George Wright Society. His latest book is about George Meléndez Melendez Wright, the first wildlife biologist for the National Park Service in the 1930s.