Work

• Works as part of the Center for Conservation Incentives, pursuing initiatives to protect rare species and ecosystems throughout the Rocky Mountain region
• Focuses on finding ways to collaborate with farmers and ranchers through federal and state incentive programs related to agriculture, wildlife, and ecosystem health
• Provides technical assistance to landowners, land owner groups, and land managers interested in maintaining or restoring habitats for threatened species
• Specializes in grassland/shrubland ecology and wildlife

Background

Academic

• B.S., Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois
• M.S., Rangeland Ecosystem Science, Colorado State University

Affiliations

• Member, NRCS State Technical Committee in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming; Society For Range Management; and Society For Conservation Biology
• Formerly, Tri-national Grasslands Conservation Strategy Team, Commission For Environmental Cooperation (2001-02)
• Prairie Partners Coordinator, Rocky Mountian Bird Observatory (2000-03)

Publications

• Toombs, Theodore P. and Roberts, Martha G. 2009. Are Natural Resources Conservation Range Management Investments Working at Cross-Purposes With Wildlife Habitat Goals on Western United States Rangelands? Rangeland Ecology & Management 62:351-355. July 2009.
• Steele, A., Toombs, T. and Karpinski, A. 2009. Bountiful Conservation: A guide to Colorado products and services from conserved lands [PDF]. 2009 Environmental Defense Fund and Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
• Co-author, "Spatiotemporal dynamics of black-tailed prairie dog colonies affected by plague," Landscape Ecology, 23:255-267, 2008.
• Are Wyoming Range Practices Working at Cross-purposes with Wildlife Habitat Goals? [PDF]
• Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Evaluation Guide [PDF]
• Augustine, D. J., M. R. Matchett, T. P. Toombs, J. F. Cully Jr., T. L. Johnson, and J. G. Sidle. 2008. Spatiotemporal dynamics of black-tailed prairie dog colonies affected by plague. Landscape Ecology: In press.
• Roberts, M. G., T. D. Male, and T. P. Toombs. 2007. Potential impacts of biofuels expansion on natural resources: a case study of the Ogallala aquifer region. Environmental Defense Report. 10pp.
• Toombs, T. 2006. Landowners are critical to saving rare species. Colorado Springs Gazette Op-ed. October 14.
• Co-author, "Improving the Scientific Integrity of Nontechnical Publications," Rangelands, 28:5, October 2006.
• "Habitat Restoration for the Threatened Utah Prairie Dog on a Private Ranch (Utah)," Ecological Restoration, 24:3, September 2006. Abstract 185.
• "Safe Harbor: Helping Landowners Help Endangered Species," Rangelands, 27:1, February 2005.
• Co-author, Grasslands: Toward a North American Conservation Strategy [PDF] (Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2003)
• Stewardship Resource Guide For Colorado (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, 2003)
• Stewardship Resource Guide For Nebraska (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, 2003)
• Sharing Your Land With Shortgrass Prairie Birds (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, 2001)