A seventh-generation westerner, Tim has a lifelong love of wild public lands. Tim's character was shaped at an early age on hikes and camping trips in the Utah wilderness. Appreciation for the landscape led him to an education in commercial photography, but his desire to do more than just make photographs led him to his calling – working full-time to permanently protect the plateau. Joining the Trust in 2010, Tim brought 12 years’ experience conducting wilderness field inventories as well as advocacy, mapping, and policy analysis for local, regional, and national conservation groups in Utah and seven other western states. As Utah Wildlands Program Director, Tim focuses on enduring protection for Utah's matchless public lands. Still an avid photographer, Tim enjoys spending time hiking in and making pictures of the backcountry the Trust seeks to protect.
"I don't want to lecture people about saving the planet; I want to share with them the joy of the natural world. By looking after it, we're looking after ourselves. We are biological species of the biological world - it's part of us. We adapted over millions of years to wild environments and we really need them - because it's home."
-E.O. Wilson
Wheeler’s name should ring a bell for those following the Bears Ears National Monument issue.
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Anti-monument Utah politicians can’t have it both ways. Say what you will in the court of public opinion; in the court of law, you’re legally bound to tell the truth.
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