We research ecological restoration to revive damaged ecosystems, identifying causes, mitigating climate impacts, and designing sustainable strategies.
When an ecosystem has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed, ecological restoration can initiate or accelerate its recovery. Our faculty focus on research that helps revive ecosystems with respect to their health and integrity and the sustainability of the natural resources they provide. We identify and track the changes and the causes of ecosystem damage, whether they’re natural events such as wildfire and floods or due to human activities, direct or indirect. Our research has applications to the management of rangelands, wetlands, and other natural areas. We also research ways to mitigate the effects of climate change and to design financially and logistically feasible restoration strategies.
Faculty
Kathleen Prudic
Associate Director for Graduate Student Advancement
Associate Professor, Citizen and Data Science
Ellen Bledsoe
Associate Director of Undergraduate Advancement
Associate Professor of Practice
Angie Abarzúa Muñoz
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Moore
Pronouns:
she/her
April Athnos
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Flavie Audoin
{Flah-vee Oh-dwan}
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Targeted Grazing
April Bagley
Administrative Associate
AZ Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Administrator
Elizabeth Baldwin
Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Javan Bauder
Assistant Professor
Assistant Unit Leader, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Kaitlen Bieber
MS Student - Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrea Gerlak
Pronouns:
she/her
Brett Blum
PhD Student
Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston
Michael Bogan
Associate Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Cecil and Carol Schwalbe Endowed Chair in Cold-Blooded Research, Teaching, and Conservation
Scott A. Bonar
Unit Leader and Professor
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Stephanie Brennan
Dual Degree: MS Water, Society, and Policy and MS Urban Planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Quanrud
Fern Bromley
PhD Student - Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Jacqueline Bruhn
Program Administrator
Santa Cruz River Outreach, Education, and Research - Bogan Lab
Marci Caballero-Reynolds
MS Student
Dual Degree: MS Water, Society, and Policy and MS Urban Planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Philip Stoker
Pronouns:
she/her
Leigh Combrink
Assistant Professor, Wildlife Disease and Conservation
She/Her
Theresa Crimmins
Associate Professor, Phenology
Director, USA National Phenology Network
Courtney Crosson
Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture
Director, The Drachman Institute
Cameron Crowder
MS Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Pronouns:
she/her
Melanie Culver
Assistant Professor
Assistant Unit Leader, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Emily Davis
MS Natural Resources, Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elise Gornish
Pronouns:
she/her
Elena Dosamantes
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Lien
Courtney Duchardt
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Rangeland Wildlife
Pronouns:
She/They
Caleb Dusek
MS Student - Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Philip Stoker
Kai Enright
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Robert Steidl and Dr. Theresa Crimmins
Pronouns:
he/him
Oliver Fahrner
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jessica Rick
Pronouns:
he/him
Donald Falk
Professor, Natural Resources
Chair, Global Ecology & Management
Affiliated Faculty; Arizona Institutes for Resilience
Ty Ferre
Distinguished Professor and Interim Associate Department Head, Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences
Aaron D. Flesch
Research Scientist
The Desert Laboratory - Tumamoc Hill
Amanda Flexas-Williamson
First-year Academic Advisor for Natural Resources and Environmental Science majors (main campus)
Ňkwi Flores
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Johnson
Pronouns:
sibling/hir
Kirsten Fulgham
Graduate Student and Field Sciences Teacher
Amy Ganguli
Professor, Cooperative Extension Specialist, and Marley Endowed Chair for Sustainable Rangeland Stewardship
Alessandra Gorlier
Senior Research Specialist
Santa Rita Experimental Range - McClaran Lab
Elise Gornish
Professor, Restoration Ecology
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration
Eduardo Gracia Escalante
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston and Dr. Javan Bauder
Pronouns:
he/him
Olivia Guswiler
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston
Pronouns:
she/her
Carolina Gutierrez
MS Student
Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Leigh Combrink
Pronouns:
she, her
Kyle Hartfield
Associate Professor of Practice
Director of Undergraduate Studies BS-GIST
Jim Heffelfinger
Wildlife Biologist and Wildlife Science Coordinator, AZ Game and Fish Department
Jacob Hennig
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Public Lands Grazing
Marlana Hinkley
MS Student
Dual Degree MS Water, Society, and Policy / Master of Public Administration
Faculty Co-Advisors: Dr. Gregg Garfin and Dr. Kathy Jacobs
Pronouns:
she/her
Larry Howery
Professor and Specialist Emeritus, Rangeland Ecology and Management
Katie Hughes
Assistant Director of Advising, Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Seth Irwin
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Flurin Babst
Pronouns:
he/him
Michael Kotutwa Johnson
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Indigenous Resilience
Deandra Jones
PhD Student
Natural Resources - Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Bogan and Dr. Javan Bauder
Justin Lamb
MS Natural Resources, Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elise Gornish
Pronouns:
he/him
Rachel Laura
Pronouns: she/her
PhD Student - Natural Resources - Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Katy Prudic and Dr. Michael Bogan
Letao Li
PhD Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
he/him
Aaron Lien
Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management
Katelyn Loomis
Sophomore-Senior Academic Advisor for Natural Resources majors, minors, & certificates
Laura López-Hoffman
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Ola Lundemo
Assistant Professor of Practice
Assistant Director for International Tourism in Hospitality, Career and Academic Services
Program Chair for Tourism Education
Caleb Milford
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons & Dr. Scott Bonar
Pronouns:
he/him
Caleb Miller
MS Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Lien
Pronouns:
he/him
David Moore
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Program Chair, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos
Research Specialist, Principal
McClaran Lab
Grace Potter
MS Student
She/Her
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Donald Falk and Dr. Aaron Lien
David Quanrud
Assistant Professor of Practice
Chair, Arid Lands Resource Sciences GIDP
Fehmida Rafi
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
she/her
Lyra Rahner
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Flurin Babst
Pronouns:
she/her
Nikki Reck
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bret Pasch
Pronouns:
she/her
Catherine Riedel
Alumni
Sarah E. Rinkevich
Associate - Assistant Research Scientist
Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife (retired)
Max Roberts
PhD Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Javan Bauder
Maria Rojas Pena
MS Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Gallery
Pronouns:
she/her
Krista Romero-Cardenas
PhD Student
She/Her
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Laura Lopez-Hoffman
George Ruyle
Professor and Specialist Emeritus, Range Management
Ana Sanchez-Zapata
PhD Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Leigh Combrink
Pronouns:
she/her
Lea Schram von Haupt
Alumni
William Smith
Associate Professor, Land - Water - Climate / Geospatial Analysis
Robert Steidl
Professor, Natural Resources
Program Chair, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Dani Steinberg
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. David Moore and Dr. Margaret Evans
Pronouns:
she/her
Philip Stoker
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Mark Stromberg
Adjunct Professor
Cameron Tescher
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Courtney Duchardt
Pronouns:
he/him
Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Associate Director of Development
Elisabeth vanderLeeuw
Graduate Student
Robert G. Varady
Research Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy
Bianca Nieves I. Vázquez
Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Gregg Garfin and Dr. Phil Stocker
Madeleine Wallace
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Martha Whitaker
Associate Professor of Practice, Director of Graduate Studies-Hydrology programs
Undergraduate Coordinator, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Ameng Zou
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
he/him
Research Staff
Kathleen Prudic
Associate Director for Graduate Student Advancement
Associate Professor, Citizen and Data Science
Ellen Bledsoe
Associate Director of Undergraduate Advancement
Associate Professor of Practice
Angie Abarzúa Muñoz
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Moore
Pronouns:
she/her
April Athnos
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Flavie Audoin
{Flah-vee Oh-dwan}
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Targeted Grazing
April Bagley
Administrative Associate
AZ Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Administrator
Elizabeth Baldwin
Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Javan Bauder
Assistant Professor
Assistant Unit Leader, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Kaitlen Bieber
MS Student - Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrea Gerlak
Pronouns:
she/her
Brett Blum
PhD Student
Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston
Michael Bogan
Associate Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Cecil and Carol Schwalbe Endowed Chair in Cold-Blooded Research, Teaching, and Conservation
Scott A. Bonar
Unit Leader and Professor
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Stephanie Brennan
Dual Degree: MS Water, Society, and Policy and MS Urban Planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Quanrud
Fern Bromley
PhD Student - Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Jacqueline Bruhn
Program Administrator
Santa Cruz River Outreach, Education, and Research - Bogan Lab
Marci Caballero-Reynolds
MS Student
Dual Degree: MS Water, Society, and Policy and MS Urban Planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Philip Stoker
Pronouns:
she/her
Leigh Combrink
Assistant Professor, Wildlife Disease and Conservation
She/Her
Theresa Crimmins
Associate Professor, Phenology
Director, USA National Phenology Network
Courtney Crosson
Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture
Director, The Drachman Institute
Cameron Crowder
MS Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Pronouns:
she/her
Melanie Culver
Assistant Professor
Assistant Unit Leader, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Emily Davis
MS Natural Resources, Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elise Gornish
Pronouns:
she/her
Elena Dosamantes
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Lien
Courtney Duchardt
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Rangeland Wildlife
Pronouns:
She/They
Caleb Dusek
MS Student - Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Philip Stoker
Kai Enright
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Robert Steidl and Dr. Theresa Crimmins
Pronouns:
he/him
Oliver Fahrner
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jessica Rick
Pronouns:
he/him
Donald Falk
Professor, Natural Resources
Chair, Global Ecology & Management
Affiliated Faculty; Arizona Institutes for Resilience
Ty Ferre
Distinguished Professor and Interim Associate Department Head, Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences
Aaron D. Flesch
Research Scientist
The Desert Laboratory - Tumamoc Hill
Amanda Flexas-Williamson
First-year Academic Advisor for Natural Resources and Environmental Science majors (main campus)
Ňkwi Flores
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Johnson
Pronouns:
sibling/hir
Kirsten Fulgham
Graduate Student and Field Sciences Teacher
Amy Ganguli
Professor, Cooperative Extension Specialist, and Marley Endowed Chair for Sustainable Rangeland Stewardship
Alessandra Gorlier
Senior Research Specialist
Santa Rita Experimental Range - McClaran Lab
Elise Gornish
Professor, Restoration Ecology
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration
Eduardo Gracia Escalante
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston and Dr. Javan Bauder
Pronouns:
he/him
Olivia Guswiler
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jesse Alston
Pronouns:
she/her
Carolina Gutierrez
MS Student
Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Leigh Combrink
Pronouns:
she, her
Kyle Hartfield
Associate Professor of Practice
Director of Undergraduate Studies BS-GIST
Jim Heffelfinger
Wildlife Biologist and Wildlife Science Coordinator, AZ Game and Fish Department
Jacob Hennig
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Public Lands Grazing
Marlana Hinkley
MS Student
Dual Degree MS Water, Society, and Policy / Master of Public Administration
Faculty Co-Advisors: Dr. Gregg Garfin and Dr. Kathy Jacobs
Pronouns:
she/her
Larry Howery
Professor and Specialist Emeritus, Rangeland Ecology and Management
Katie Hughes
Assistant Director of Advising, Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Seth Irwin
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Flurin Babst
Pronouns:
he/him
Michael Kotutwa Johnson
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Indigenous Resilience
Deandra Jones
PhD Student
Natural Resources - Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Bogan and Dr. Javan Bauder
Justin Lamb
MS Natural Resources, Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elise Gornish
Pronouns:
he/him
Rachel Laura
Pronouns: she/her
PhD Student - Natural Resources - Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Katy Prudic and Dr. Michael Bogan
Letao Li
PhD Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
he/him
Aaron Lien
Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management
Katelyn Loomis
Sophomore-Senior Academic Advisor for Natural Resources majors, minors, & certificates
Laura López-Hoffman
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Ola Lundemo
Assistant Professor of Practice
Assistant Director for International Tourism in Hospitality, Career and Academic Services
Program Chair for Tourism Education
Caleb Milford
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons & Dr. Scott Bonar
Pronouns:
he/him
Caleb Miller
MS Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Lien
Pronouns:
he/him
David Moore
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Program Chair, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos
Research Specialist, Principal
McClaran Lab
Grace Potter
MS Student
She/Her
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Donald Falk and Dr. Aaron Lien
David Quanrud
Assistant Professor of Practice
Chair, Arid Lands Resource Sciences GIDP
Fehmida Rafi
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
she/her
Lyra Rahner
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Flurin Babst
Pronouns:
she/her
Nikki Reck
MS Student - Natural Resources
Wildlife Conservation and Management Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bret Pasch
Pronouns:
she/her
Catherine Riedel
Alumni
Sarah E. Rinkevich
Associate - Assistant Research Scientist
Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife (retired)
Max Roberts
PhD Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Javan Bauder
Maria Rojas Pena
MS Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Gallery
Pronouns:
she/her
Krista Romero-Cardenas
PhD Student
She/Her
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Laura Lopez-Hoffman
George Ruyle
Professor and Specialist Emeritus, Range Management
Ana Sanchez-Zapata
PhD Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Leigh Combrink
Pronouns:
she/her
Lea Schram von Haupt
Alumni
William Smith
Associate Professor, Land - Water - Climate / Geospatial Analysis
Robert Steidl
Professor, Natural Resources
Program Chair, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Dani Steinberg
MS Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisors: Dr. David Moore and Dr. Margaret Evans
Pronouns:
she/her
Philip Stoker
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Mark Stromberg
Adjunct Professor
Cameron Tescher
MS Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Courtney Duchardt
Pronouns:
he/him
Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Associate Director of Development
Elisabeth vanderLeeuw
Graduate Student
Robert G. Varady
Research Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy
Bianca Nieves I. Vázquez
Water, Society & Policy
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Gregg Garfin and Dr. Phil Stocker
Madeleine Wallace
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Mitchell
Martha Whitaker
Associate Professor of Practice, Director of Graduate Studies-Hydrology programs
Undergraduate Coordinator, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Ameng Zou
PhD Student - Natural Resources
Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shang Gao
Pronouns:
he/him