All About Jim
Jim is an author, scientist, educator whose interest in COLD (altitudinal, latitudinal, and seasonal) has taken him to all seven continents and Greenland. Jim's specialities include environmental ecology, animal tracking, and carnivores; his greatest academic love, bears, led to 20 years studying black, grizzly and polar bears. He also works with wolverine, lynx, cougar and wolves. Jim has written over 25 books and videos including his latest, Yellowstone Bears in the Wild and Track Plates for Mammals. He led the American East Greenland expeditions in 1975 and 1976 and is a Fellow of the Explorer's Club and received the Antarctic Service medal. Jim is past Chairman of the Board of Directors, senior instructor, and administrative liason officer of the National Outdoor Leadership School. Currently Jim is President of A Naturalist's World, an ecological education company. A past Research Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Jim was Director of the Mountain Research Station and the Long-Term Ecological Research program in the Alpine. He is listed in Who's Who in the World 1989-1993, Who's Who in Emerging Leaders 1989-1996, Who's Who in Western America 1987-1997 and Who's Who In Science. A Vietnam veteran, Jim received the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V" and Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm. Jim received his Ph.D. in 1980 in Biology, Ecology, & Mammalogy from the University of Colorado. His B.S. in 1969 and M.S. in 1970 both in Botany & Ecology from the University of Wyoming. At the University of Wyoming, Jim was on the President's Academic Honor Roll, University of Wyoming and a four-year letterman in diving, swimming and water polo. |
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Present Positions |
President, A Naturalist's World Educator / Scientist / Author / Ecologist / Mammalogist / Tracker |
Research Interests |
Mammalogy, Tracking, Ecology (long-term, Polar, and alpine), Endangered Species, Natural History |
Educational Background |
Ph.D. 1980 Biology, Ecology, & Mammalogy University of Colorado M.S. 1970 Botany & Ecology University of Wyoming B.S. 1969 Botany & Ecology University of Wyoming |
Honors and Awards |
Fellow, The Explorer's Club Who's Who in the World 1989-1993 Who's Who in Emerging Leaders 1989-1996 Who's Who in Western America 1987-1997 University of Colorado Public Speakers Series, 1987, 1988 Antarctic Service Medal, Civilian Award, U.S. Navy Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V" Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm President's Academic Honor Roll, University of Wyoming Four-year letterman, diving, swimming and water polo, Univ. of Wyoming |
Past Boards |
Scientific Board, Greater Yellowstone Coalition Science Advisory Panel, Equal Opportunities Program, Univ. of Colorado Thorne Ecological Institute, Boulder, Colorado Chairman of Board, National Outdoor Leadership School Board of Advisors, Teton Science School Board of Chairs, National Outdoor Leadership School |
Past Positions |
Research Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ. of Colorado Research Field Director, Mountain Research Station, Univ. of Colorado Researcher, Colorado Division of Wildlife Research Assistant, National Park Service Contract President, Scatological Collections and Technologies Chief Administrator, Instructor Trainer, Course Director, National Outdoor Leadership School Instructor Trainer, Colorado Outward Bound School Manager, Quiet Country Ski Tours, Jackson and Old Faithful, Wyoming President and Mission Leader, Wyoming Mountain Rescue |
Scientific Expeditions |
Tanzanian Dinosaur Tracking Expedition (National Geographic) Joint American Chinese Expedition to the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau Leader, American East Greenland Expedition Co-Leader, American and Stirlingshire East Greenland Expedition Adjunct Professor, National Outdoor Leadership School Biology and Outdoor Education Program in Kenya University of Wyoming, Antarctic Expedition |
Classes taught |
Mammal Tracking, Animal Signs, Winter Ecology, Alpine Ecology, Endangered Mammals of the West, Ecosystems of Rocky Mountains, General Biology, Principles of Ecology, Biogeography, Field Techniques in Environmental Sciences, Field Biology of Africa, Outdoor Education and Leadership |
Programs taught at |
Appalachian Mountain Club, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Audubon,
Bear Creek Nature Center, Boulder County Naturalists, Cloud Ridge Naturalists,
Colorado Division of Wildlife Staff, Colorado Outward Bound Schools, Colorado
State Park Naturalists, Defenders of Wildlife, Denver Museum of Natural History, Florrisant National Monument, Foothills Nature Center, Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Glacier National Park Ranger Naturalists, Grand Teton National Park Ranger Naturalists, Jefferson County Naturalists, Keystone Science School, Mountain Research Station, Mountain Travel-Sobek, National Audubon Society, National Outdoor Leadership School, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy (Pine Butte Swamp, Yellowstone), Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger Naturalists, Rocky Mountain Nature Association, Roxoborough State Park, Sierra Club, Smithsonian Institution, Teton Science School, Wilderness Society, Yellowstone Institute, Yellowstone National Park Ranger Naturalists and Law Enforcement. |
College programs accredited at |
Colorado State University, Ft. Lewis College, Kansas State Teachers College,
Idaho State University, Montana State University, University of California at
Davis, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Denver,
University of Montana, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming |
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