Allison Jones received her B.A in Environmental Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz under the guidance of her mentor and advisor, Michael Soule. She then completed her M.S in Conservation Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1996. Her Masters study analyzed the effects of cattle grazing on small mammal communities in the Great Basin. Allison then went on to work as an endangered species specialist for ecological consulting firms both in Denver, and then her new home in Utah, where she completed habitat analyses and surveys for endangered riparian plants, birds and mammals, as well as wetland delineations. Allison then went to work as the staff conservation biologist for the Wild Utah Project in late 1999, where she provided to conservation partners ecological analyses ranging from literature reviews, to status reviews of rare species, to analyses of various federal land management plan revisions and other actions. Working alongside WUP founder Jim Catlin, Allison worked on innumerable projects related to studying the impacts of, and working to improve, public lands livestock grazing management. After 20+ years at Wild Utah Project (including as director from 2014-2020), Allison currently serves as principal of Allison L Jones, LLC, where she currently assists conservation NGOs in many ways.