Mark Manske taught in the public schools for 27 years, and he has spent 5 years as an adjunct professor offering a birds of prey course at Paul Smith’s College. Mark studied under Drs. Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, who were graduate students of Aldo Leopold, considered by many as the father of wildlife management in America. Mark is the owner of Adirondack Raptors Inc., an ecotourism business dedicated to teaching others about raptors.