Joe Truett
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Mr. Truett joined Turner Endangered Species Fund in January 1999.
He serves as the project manager for restoration of black-footed ferrets, black-tailed prairie dogs, and other grasslands species and their habitats.
Most of his work currently focuses on grasslands ecosystems on the Vermejo Park, Armendaris, and Ladder ranches in New Mexico, and on the Bad River ranches in South Dakota.
On the Armendaris and Ladder ranches, he is assisting the ranch managers with the design and implementation of a range monitoring plan that will assess the effects of grazing on perennial grasses and associated grasslands fauna.
Mr. Truett holds M.Sc.
and Ph.D.
degrees in wildlife ecology and a Ph.D.
minor in range management from the University of Arizona.
His professional interests include technical and popular writing (two popular books authored, one technical book edited, and numerous technical articles), grasslands and shrubland ecology, herbivore ecology, herbivore/predator interactions, and human impacts on ecosystems.
He is an adjunct professor in the department of Fishery and Wildlife Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Former positions of Joe Truett
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|---|---|---|
Turner Endangered Species Fund
 Turner Endangered Species Fund Financial ConglomeratesFinance Founded in 1997 by Ted Turner and his family, the Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF) is a charitable foundation and non-exempt charitable trust located in Bozeman, Montana. The fund focuses on conserving biodiversity by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land. TESF is a core grantee of the Turner Foundation. They concentrate their efforts on carnivores, grasslands, plant-pollinator complexes and species that historically ranged onto properties owned by Ted Turner. TESF's activities are based on the principles of conservation biology. TESF supports the distribution of reliable scientific and policy information on biodiversity conservation and works closely with state and federal agencies, universities and private organizations. Historically, TESF has been involved in reintroduction projects for imperiled plants, birds, fishes and mammals. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | - |
Training of Joe Truett
| University of Arizona | Doctorate Degree |
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Turner Endangered Species Fund
Turner Endangered Species Fund Financial ConglomeratesFinance Founded in 1997 by Ted Turner and his family, the Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF) is a charitable foundation and non-exempt charitable trust located in Bozeman, Montana. The fund focuses on conserving biodiversity by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land. TESF is a core grantee of the Turner Foundation. They concentrate their efforts on carnivores, grasslands, plant-pollinator complexes and species that historically ranged onto properties owned by Ted Turner. TESF's activities are based on the principles of conservation biology. TESF supports the distribution of reliable scientific and policy information on biodiversity conservation and works closely with state and federal agencies, universities and private organizations. Historically, TESF has been involved in reintroduction projects for imperiled plants, birds, fishes and mammals. | Finance |
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