Michael (Mike) Whatley began his career in interpretation and resource stewardship over 40 years ago. Family trips to Yosemite motivated him to obtain a bachelor of science in environmental resources from Sacramento State University. While enrolled there, he became an intern with the East Bay Regional Park District, attended the University of Uppsala Sweden during his junior year, and obtained student-career status with the National Park Service. He obtained a master's in wildland resource sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Mike's early NPS career took him to Lake Mead Nationa...