Charles "Swanny" Evans

As the Director of Research and Partnerships for the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, Charles ‘Swanny’ Evans is helping to advance national R3 efforts with a focus on serving industry, non-profit, and state partners. In previous roles, he has worked in eight states and overseas, focusing on everything from forest management plans to non-native ungulate eradication, and was the first state-level R3 Coordinator position developed under the direction of the National Hunting and Shooting Sports Action Plan. Swanny attended the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia where he earned his B.S. and M.S. in Wildlife Sciences and Forest Resources. He is a is a Certified Wildlife Biologist®.