Bob Humphrey received B. S. (1982) and M.S. (1988) degrees in wildlife biology from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and began his professional career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Manager of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, Massachusetts. There, he was responsible for coordinating and conducting scientific research, monitoring wildlife resources, public use control, visitor information and interpretation; master planning; maintenance of facilities; and liaison to federal endangered species recovery teams, state fish and wildlife agencies and various public and private conservation groups and agencies. He then moved to Maine to become Interim Manager of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.