Chris Lohrengel:  

Life I have been married to a wonderful woman, Catherine (Cat), since June 1999 and we are now living on the Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge in Northern New Mexico. We have two boys, Aidan (8) and Zachary (5). College After leaving Socorro I moved to Las Cruces without a plan. After being there for 4 years I decided it was time to grow up and go to school. Well that lasted all of a year and a half. I left school and was managing pizza resturaunts (Dominos, Papa John's, etc). I did that for 5 almost 6 years. I realized it wasn't for me and it was no way to earn a living. When I got married to Cat in 1999, I decided it was time to try school again. I had to have a good career to support a family right? Anyway I went back and promptly flunked a ton of classes because I was still working 50 hours week. I took another semester off and then decided to quit my job and go to school full time and only work as much as I had to. Luckily Cat had a great job at the time and could help finacially. I finally graduated from NMSU in 2004, after changing majors, with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Wildlife Science. I pulled my grades up from the few slips I had and finished my final semester with straight A's and a GPA in my major of 3.5. I was lucky enough to land an internship with the Fish and Wildlife Service, who I still work for. Workplace Well as I mentioned in the school section I work for the USFWS. I started with them in 2002, while I was in school in their co-op program. After graduation I took a position in Albuquerque in the regional office as the aerial photographer (it was either that or go to Oklahoma)....Expand for more