Brandon Wear

The Deputy Director of Field Operations is responsible for the direction and oversight of all Agency field activities performed by the Wildlife, Fisheries, Law Enforcement, Biodiversity, and Engineering Divisions
Wear previously served as the TWRA Region 3 Wildlife Program Manager in East Tennessee. There, he was responsible for coordinating and directing all wildlife management activities on the 32 wildlife management areas, refuges, and other public lands throughout 24 counties, covering nearly 700,000 acres.
Prior to his position as Program Manager, Wear worked four years as the Wildlife Manager at South Cherokee and Tellico Lake WMAs, where he partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to manage wildlife on the 300,000-acre southern zone of the Cherokee National Forest. Wear also served as a Wildlife Officer for nine years after beginning his TWRA career as a Wildlife Manager in the Biodiversity program in 2004.
Wear is a native of Tellico Plains, Tennessee. He completed both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in wildlife and Fisheries Science with honors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, fishing, hunting, hiking and camping.