Don "Buzz" MacCarter

DON BUZZ MACCARTER Don "Buzz" MacCarter, 74, a former 21-year resident of Santa Fe, died peacefully at home in Montana after a long bout with cancer. Don is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jane (Stahl) MacCarter; daughter Mindy MacCarter (Zac) Mangel; son Kent (Penny) MacCarter; and grandsons Jake and Ben Mangel, and Auden MacCarter; as well as his twin brother Douglas, and triplet brothers, Dean, Daryl, and David. After 16 years of biology teaching, Don signed on with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) in Santa Fe, NM, where he ultimately served as Division Chief of Public Affairs for 21 years. At NMDGF Don also enjoyed two decades as official wildlife photographer for the agency. He also did waterfowl, raptor, elk, and pronghorn monitoring by helicopter. After Don and Jane both retired from NMDGF in 2004, they moved to Montana where Don kept busy doing population monitoring work on Peregrine Falcons for the Montana Peregrine Institute and photographing wildlife at Yellowstone National Park. Don instilled in us a love of Nature, appreciation for all wildlife, a drive to never give up when the going gets tough; and left us with an immense collection of his amazing photography. Two memorial services will be held in celebration of Don's life and work. An informal reception will be held in Livingston MT on Friday Sept. 28, 2018. A more formal service will be held at the Flathead Lake Biological Station near Polson MT, Sunday July 28, 2019. Donations to the Flathead Lake Biological Station are welcomed in Don's memory. Send memorials to The University of Montana Foundation, P. O. Box 7159, Missoula, MT 59807 or online at www.supportum.org. Please note "In memory of Don MacCarter for the Flathead Lake Biological Station FB115."