Jon Nelson – Wildlife at the High Desert Museum

Jon grew up in an Oregon logging family but was born in Kamloops BC in 1979. His dad had moved the family there to find work. Jon came back to Oregon when he was 6 and grew up in the Mt. Hood area. He worked in the lumber industry for 12 years after high school before going back to college to become a biologist. Jon received a degree in Natural Resources with a minor in Fisheries and Wildlife Science from OSU in 2012. He’s been involved at the museum since 2009, but also worked for ODOT and USGS doing wildlife field work with mule deer and raptors.