Steve Brown is the District Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension Service agent for the Mat-Su and Copper River Districts of Alaska. His subject matter specialties are the twin geospatial technologies of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as they relate to agriculture and the environment. In his spare time he is an avid mountaineer and marathon runner. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.