Dr. Carter Crouch is the Director of the Gulf Coast Programs for the International Crane Foundation. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma in 2011. He completed a Master's in Range and Wildlife Management and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Science from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2014 and 2017. After graduate school, he worked for the Burns Paiute Tribe Natural Resources Department in eastern Oregon as the Wildlife Biologist and then as the Wildlife Program Manager. He started working with the International Crane Foundation in May 2022. Carter has done research on Northern Bobwhite, American Kestrels, habitat and invasive species management, and the rarest grass in Oregon, and has been involved in many different habitat restoration projects.

Appetizer
• Smoked shrimp shells and cheese
• Mexican corn slaw
• Fresh or smoked oysters

Salad
Wild arugula salad, accompanied by candied walnuts, apple slices, goat cheese, and a honey cider vinaigrette

Entree
Smoked chili spiked shrimp skewer, on a tower of local jasmine rice, char grilled rainbow carrots, and pineapples and a smoked pineapple jalapeño drizzle

Dessert
Gourmet peach cobbler tamales wrapped in a blue corn masa, and a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream