PNREC/Thomas
Jack Ward Thomas
Boone and Crockett Professor
of Wildlife Conservation
Jack Ward Thomas is the Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife
Conservation, School of Forestry, the University of Montana. Starting his career as a
wildlife researcher with the Texas Game and Fish Commission, he joined the Forest
Service in 1966 and held a variety of positions in wildlife biology research. In 1974,
he led research at the Blue Mountains Research Lab in LaGrande, OR, where he became
well known for elk and spotted owl studies. In 1993, he was named to head the Forest
Service Ecosystem Management Assessment Team, in response to President Clinton's
Forest Conference in Portland, OR. He served as Chief, USDA Forest Service,
from 1993-1996. He has published over 300 items in the fields of forestry, range
management, philosophy, wildlife, ecology, planning and natural resources management.
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