Ty is responsible for running the Conservancy’s extensive warehouse facilities which includes receiving and accounting for merchandise, and making sure the Conservancy’s more than one dozen nature stores are stocked with inventory. He grew up in Estes Park but left to serve in the U.S. Navy as a machinist mate and see the world, including an assignment to far-flung Sasebo Naval Base in Japan. When not surrounded by boxes, Ty enjoys working on house projects, reading, building models, and playing the bagpipes.