Bill was born and raised surfing the beaches of southern California. He is still a bit salty. He answered a higher calling and moved to the mountains of Montana. He lived near Yellowstone Park and spent some time exploring the nation's first national park, and became very involved in learning the fauna, geology, animals, and history of the area. It is there he got hooked on fly fishing, hiking, and avoiding grizzly bears. A move to Missoula was in the cards, where he took classes at UM with a writing focus. While here, he became a white-water guide and did some guided fishing trips, but spent most of his time fly fishing the many streams in western Montana. He believes that any water is good water and often pulls over to hit any streams he sees. He loves birding, hiking, and his newfound favorite pastime - journaling. On one of his walks, he saw some folks in the stream busy netting, measuring, and testing the water. He was curious as to what they were doing. It was the Stream Team, and Stephie said he could step in and help out if he wanted. The rest is history.

Bill is retired and loves to spend all of his time volunteering. He enjoys spending his time with WEN, supporting youth programs, serving on Stream Team, writing journal blog entries, and lending a hand in various other capacities when needed. He is a writing coach and serves on the board of Montana Writing Coaches, and has worked on the Burnt Fork project at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. In his spare time, he serves as an election judge, has become a Montana Master Naturalist, was recently published in the Montana Naturalist magazine, and can be heard on Field Notes on National Public Radio.