Ed Berg is a retired ecologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service, from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. He has been an adjunct instructor in Geology at the Kenai Peninsula College in Homer, Alaska since 1983. His academic background includes degrees in Geology, Philosophy, Botany, and Statistics. He lives in Homer and is currently writing a book on the landscape history of the southwestern Kenai Peninsula, summarizing his 40+ years of research in this area.