Eric Thacker, Ph.D.

Field: Wildland Resources
Areas of Focus: Rangeland Restoration, Wild Horses and Burros, Wildfires, Wildlife Habitat

Expertise

• Livestock Grazing
• Wild Horses and Burros
• Brush Control
• Vegetation Monitoring
• Rangeland Restoration
• Fire
• Fuels Reduction
• Wildlife Habitat

Bio

Eric Thacker grew up in Altamont, Utah. He received his MS (Range science) and Ph.D. (Wildlife science: Sage-grouse habitat management) at Utah State University. After completing graduate school, he moved to Oklahoma where he worked as a rangeland scientist for 2 years for the USDA Southern Plains Range Research Station in Woodward, OK and then 1 ½ years at Oklahoma State University. In 2013 he returned to USU and took a position as the Rangeland Management Extension specialist at Utah State University, his research and extension programs include wild horse and burro management, range restoration, shrub management, grazing management, and range monitoring. He is a member of the Society of Range Management and serves on the Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit Advisory Committee for the Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources and the Utah Grazing Improvement Program Technical Board.