February 20, 2019
When your office is Grand Canyon, it’s easy to fall in love with your job. Such was the case for SWCA’s founder Steve Carothers and former CEO John Thomas.
In the 1970s, Steve was Director of Biology at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and he had secured contracts with the Park Service to inventory the biological resources of the Colorado River corridor and assess impacts from the burgeoning river running industry. John was a park ranger on the Colorado River and worked closely with Steve, planting the seeds for their working relationship.
