Stephen Lange Email and Phone Number

Stephen Lange holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Kinesiology (East Texas State University) in 1992; and a Master of Science degree in Earth & Environmental Sciences from Texas A&M-Commerce in 1997. Stephen also completed 24 hours of post graduate work in Recreation & Park Sciences and began his natural resources career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an Ecologist and resource Park Ranger on the Buffalo Creek Wetland mitigation project for the now defunct Super Conductor-Super Collider project in Ellis County. He has been with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for the last 26 years in the Wildlife Division, first serving as a Wildlife Technician at the Old Sabine Bottom Wildlife Management Area until 2004. Then as a Natural Resources Specialist for regional office in Tyler and the GIS Program Specialist for Regions 3 & 4 until 2012. He then transferred to the South Texas Ecosystem Project as the area manager for the Chaparral and Daughtrey WMAs until 2017 and is currently the Wildlife Division Regional Director for Region 3 in Tyler. Region 3 has a team of 62 staff covering 66 counties in eastern Texas and 21 of the 50 Wildlife Management Areas in the state.