Bill Church is a certified WV Master Naturalist; certified herbalist; has trained with Tom Brown (world renown tracker) in tracking and wilderness survival. Bill has trained for many years in tracking, botany, bird identification, wildlife habits, herbal medicine and other things about nature. He works full time as a Network and Computer Specialist for Glenville State College. He has taken classes from some of the countries most famous Herbalists; (David Winston, Rosemary Gladstar). He is of Cherokee and English descent. In 2005 Bill wrote and published “Medicinal Plants, Trees, & Shrubs of Appalachia”, which lists 105 plants from the Appalachian region, especially Gilmer and the surrounding counties and is in the process of producing a video on the plants listed in his book. He is also Co-coordinator for the Gilmer County Master Naturalist Association and has taught classes on herbal medicine.