Thomas M. Campbell III
Principal, Wildlife Biologist, Fishery Biologist
Mr. Campbell is Biota’s president, chief environmental consultant, owner, and a co-founder of the company. Trained as a wildlife and fishery biologist with both undergraduate (B.S., 1974) and graduate (M.S., 1978) degrees from Colorado State University, Mr. Campbell specializes in both terrestrial and aquatic ecology while maintaining a fundamental understanding of a wide variety of environmental disciplines. He is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Ecologist. His consulting experience spans a 25-year period involving several hundred projects, including endangered species searches (e.g. black-footed ferrets) for which he is considered an authority; surveys for raptors, sage grouse, big game, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians; interdisciplinary environmental baseline studies and impact assessments involving energy projects and commercial and private developments; property enhancements for fish and wildlife; and wetland development and restoration. He has been project manager for the majority of these projects and is well versed in field work, data collection and analysis, report preparation and technical writing, mitigation, agency consultations and coordination, and providing expert testimony. In addition to consulting, Mr. Campbell has been involved in a variety of scientific research projects (e.g., black-footed ferrets, pine marten, small mammals, pygmy rabbits) and continues to study mule deer in Wyoming. His experience with live-trapping animals and the use of telemetry for data gathering is broad. He has authored or co-authored nearly 30 papers published in referred scientific journals.

THOMAS M. CAMPBELL III
President/Chief Environmental Consultant
Biota Research and Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 8578, Jackson, Wyoming 83002-8578
(307) 733-4216 (voice)   (307) 733-1245 (fax)



EDUCATION

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 1971-74; B.S.; Wildlife Biology

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 1977-79; M.S.; Wildlife Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1980-Present
President; Terrestrial Ecologist, Wildlife Biologist, Fishery Biologist, Biota Research and Consulting, Inc., Jackson, WY.

1975-1979
Environmental Consultant and Wildlife Researcher, self-employed.

1974-1975
Research Technician, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado.

CONSULTING

Biota Research and Consulting, Inc. provides a full range of environmental consulting and scientific research services, with special expertise in wildlife and habitat impact assessments; rare and endangered species; mammal, fish, avian, and herptile ecology; and fish and wildlife habitat enhancements.

My position is chief environmental consultant and senior staff terrestrial and aquatic ecologist, and wildlife and fishery biologist. I have functioned as Project Manager on over 150 consulting contracts in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Tennessee, and Illinois. Projects have been diverse and involved preparing environmental site and impact assessments, baseline ecological inventories, acquisition of environmental permits, compliance with Federal and State environmental regulations (NEPA and ESA), conducting wildlife inventories and impact assessments, providing expert testimony, designing and implementing wildlife and fishery habitat enhancement and mitigation measures, developing and restoring wetlands and designing wetland mitigation projects, conducting scientific field research, and writing scientific papers and technical project reports.

I have a long-term interest and experience in studying wildlife and habitat throughout the United States and excellent working relationships with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

RESEARCH

1975-1978            Pine Marten Ecological Studies near Jackson, Wyoming.
1979-1992            Long-term mule deer winter ecology study near Jackson, Wyoming.
1981-1986            Pygmy rabbit distribution study in southwestern Wyoming.
1981-1986            Black-footed ferret conservation studies, Meeteetse, Wyoming.
1989-1990            Lower Gros Ventre River Instream Flow Study, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

The Wildlife Society - Certified Professional Wildlife Biologist, 1985
Ecological Society of America - Professional Ecologist, 1982
American Fisheries Society
American Society of Mammalogists
Xi Sigma Pi Honorary Society
Western Wetlands Development and Restoration Workshop

Non-Profit Organizations

Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation - Board Director
Grand Teton National History Association - Past Board Director
Trout Unlimited - Past Chapter President and Board Director
The Wolf Fund - Past Board Director

PUBLICATIONS (authored or co-authored)

•      Population organization and regulating mechanisms of pine marten in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.1976. Paper presented before 1st Conf. of Sci. Research in National Parks, New Orleans, Nov.

•      Immediate timber harvest effects on small mammals of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.1977. Paper presented before the 1977 Ann. Meeting of the Northwest Scientific Assoc., Monmouth, OR, March 25.

•      Habitat ecology of pine martens (Martes americana) in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Paper presented before the 1977 Ann. Meeting of the Northwest Scientific Assoc., Monmouth, OR, March 25.

•      Short-term effects of logging on red-backed voles and deer mice. 1980. Great Basin Nat. 40:183-189.

•      Colony characteristics and vertebrate associates of white-tailed and black-tailed prairie dogs in Wyoming. 1981. Amer. Midl. Nat. 105:269-276. T.M.C. and T. W. Clark.

•      Additional black-footed ferret reports from Wyoming. 1981. Great Basin Nat. 41:360-361.

•      Amphibians and reptiles. 1981. Pp. 53-56 in T. W. Clark and R. D. Dorn, eds., Rare and endangered vascular plants and vertebrates of Wyoming, 2nd ed. Offset. 78pp.

•      First record of pygmy rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis) in Wyoming. 1982. Great Basin Nat. 42:100.

•      Prairie dog colony attributes and associated vertebrate species. 1982. Great Basin Nat. 42:572-582. T. W. Clark, T.M.C., D. G. Socha, and D. E. Casey.

•      Observation of badger copulatory and agonistic behavior. 1983. Southwestern Nat. 28:107-108.

•      A small carnivore survey technique. 1983. Great Basin Nat. 43:438-440. T. W. Clark and T.M.C.

•      Handbook of methods for locating black-footed ferrets. 1984. Wyo. BLM Wildl. Tech. Bull. No. 1. 55pp. T. W. Clark, T.M.C., M. H. Schroeder, and L. Richardson.

•      Seasonality of black-footed ferret diggings and prairie dog burrow plugging. 1984. J. Wildl. Manage. 48:1441-1444. T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, D. Casey, T.M.C., and S. C. Forrest.

•      Black-footed ferret prey base. 1985. Pp. 7.1-7.14 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984. T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, S. C. Forrest, T.M.C., D. Casey, and K. A. Fagerstone.

•      Life history characteristics of the genus Mustela, with special reference to the black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. 1985. Pp. 23.1-23.14 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984. S. C. Forrest, T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, D. E. Biggins, K. A. Fagerstone, and T.M.C.

•      Spotlighting as a method to locate and study black-footed ferrets. 1985. Pp. 24.1-24.7 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984.

•      Snowtracking as a method to search for and study the black-footed ferret. 1985. Pp. 25.1-25.11 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984.

•      Black-footed ferret habitat:  Some Manage. and reintroduction considerations. 1985. Wyo. BLM (Cheyenne) Wildl. Tech. Bull. No. 2. 49pp. S. C. Forrest, T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, and T.M.C.

•      Capture, immobilization, and care of black-footed ferrets for research. 1985. Pp. 9.1-8 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984. E. T. Thorne, M. H. Schroeder, S. C. Forrest, T.M.C., L. Richardson, D. E. Biggins, L. R. Hanebury, D. Belitsky, and E. S. Williams.

•      Marking and radiotagging of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). 1985. Pp. 10.1-10 in Proc. Black-footed Ferret Workshop, Laramie, WY, Sept. 18-19, 1984. K. A. Fagerstone, D. E. Biggins, and T.M.C.

•      Description and history of the Meeteetse black-footed ferret environment. 1986. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 8:72-84. T. W. Clark, S. C. Forrest, L. Richardson, D. E. Casey, and T.M.C.

•      Descriptive ethology and activity patterns of black-footed ferrets. 1986. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 8:115-134. T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, S. C. Forrest, D. E. Casey, and T.M.C.

•      Black-footed ferret recovery:  a discussion of some options and considerations. 1986. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 8:169-184. L. Richardson, T. W. Clark, S. C. Forrest, and T.M.C.

•      Food habits of Wyoming black-footed ferrets. 1987. Amer. Midl. Nat. 117:208-210. T.M.C., T. W. Clark, L. Richardson, and S. C. Forrest.

•      Winter ecology of black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at Meeteetse, Wyoming. 1987. Am. Midl. Nat. 117:225-239. L. Richardson, T. W. Clark, S. C. Forrest, and T.M.

•      Population attributes for the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at Meeteetse, Wyoming, 1981-1985. 1987. J.      Mammal. 69:261-273. S. C. Forrest, D. E. Biggins, L. Richardson, T. W. Clark, T.M.C., K. A. Fagerstone, and E. T. Thorne.