Mary Jones, Jones first became associated with the Wyoming Outdoor Council tagging along on forays out to the Green Mountain Common Allotment with her husband, the late Ray Corning.

“He was adamant about preserving range lands for the future so we spent a lot of time out there,” Mary said. “I just liked to be outdoors. But that’s how I first came into contact with WOC.”

Mary joined the staff at the Wyoming Outdoor Council as our administrative assistant in November 2003 and immediately began helping Bonnie Hofbauer whip the organization into shape.

“I’ve always been an organizer,” Mary says about her work. “I like to keep things moving.”

Alas for us, Mary retired in April, but she is still keeping things moving. Mary was remarried in 2005 to Tom Jones of Lander, and is now hard at work putting in a garden, making jewelry and spending time with family.

“My family of two daughters, one son, two stepsons and seven grandchildren grew to ten kids and 14 grandkids when Tom and I got married,” Mary says. Plus Mary’s mother has moved to Lander to be close by and Tom’s mother is in town as well. So Mary’s got her hands full.

In addition, Mary and Tom have some adventures planned including a potential road trip back East and possibly a trip to New Zealand. In the meantime, we welcome her smiling face whenever she drops by the office to say hello.