Center for Environmental Sciences and Education
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 5694
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Tel: (928)523-7183
Fax: (928)523-7423
email: Thomas.Sisk@nau.edu
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992
Biological Sciences, Specialization in Ecology/Conservation Biology
B.A., The Colorado College, 1983
Biology
My work focuses on three interrelated objectives: to better understand how nature works; to interest and engage others in the challenges and societal relevance of the environmental sciences; and to help provide viable solutions to real-world problems facing land and resource managers.
Many conservation issues involve multiple species and multiple driving forces, manifest at landscape scales. Current controversies over land and resource management in the West illustrate this point well, with the effects of timber harvest, grazing, and the spread of non-indigenous species constituting a few obvious and complex examples. My efforts to address these issues incorporate basic and applied research in ecology, teaching and educational efforts aimed at students and the public, and collaborations with conservation organizations, resource management agencies, and landowners.