Amy is a volunteer at the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center and the coordinator for the Island Critter Cam Project. While she has dedicated most of career to studying fish and the rivers they live in, she has a strong interest in updating the records of terrestrial wildlife on the Lake Erie Islands. Amy has a B.S. in Zoology from The Ohio State University and a M.S in Wildlife and Fisheries Science and Ph.D. in Forest Resources both from Mississippi State University.

Renée is the Director of the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center. She studied Psychology at NYU and received a Master's in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indianapolis before changing her career focus to the field of conservation. She earned a Master's in Biology with a focus in conservation and education from Miami University where she travelled with the program to Baja Mexico, Namibia, and Mongolia to learn about conservation work in those countries. She has also often travelled internationally doing conservation work and research.