Doug Pineo (January 10, 1950 – September 7, 2022) was introduced to the sport of falconry in 1964, while attending Uniondale High School on Long Island, New York. He graduated from Earlham College in 1973, and worked for Washington Game Department and the Washington State Department of Ecology, retiring in 2010. Doug cared deeply about his community and the environment. He worked in support of land conservation, the preservation of biodiversity, and public access to natural resources. Doug was an avid hunter and angler, an artist and craftsman, producing falconry equipment of exceptionally high standard. He was a founding member of the Washington Falconry Association and served as President  (1988, 1989, and 2022). He also served on the boards of the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy (founding member), North American Falconers Association (awarded the Lifetime Honorary Membership Award in 2019), North American Grouse Partnership, The Archives of Falconry, and the Falconry Fund (founding member).