Carl Lundblad

Background:

An Arizona native, I’d not resided in the state for over twenty years prior to enrolling at the University of Arizona in Spring 2011. I grew up primarily in Albuquerque, NM where I completed an undergraduate degree in Biology at UNM in 2003. Since that time I’ve worked as a traveling biologist throughout the desert southwest. In doing so I’ve gained experience in many different aspects of natural resource management including extensive wildlife and vegetation survey work, fire planning and management, experimental research, conservation planning, and ecological restoration. Among the highlights of my career, thus far, have been working on the management and conservation of a three million acre landscape in southern New Mexico while working for The Nature Conservancy. More recently I’ve been employed leading the bird monitoring and coordinating large-scale terrestrial restoration projects on Ash Meadows NWR in southern Nevada.

My research interests focus on the role of natural processes and disturbance regimes in shaping habitat and maintaining biodiversity. I have a passion for the desert, and especially desert wetlands, desert riparian systems, and the sky islands of the southwest and Sierra Madre. My specific MS research topic has yet to be determined.

In my leisure time I am a full-time, largely self-taught naturalist and outdoorsman. I am an active bird watcher and a member of the Nevada Bird Records Committee. I love to travel throughout the western U.S. and beyond and have spent time in Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Hawaii.