Charles Kay has a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Utah State University. He is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and a senior environmental scholar at Utah State University’s Institute of Political Economy. Charles takes a consilience approach to science, integrating wildlife and vegetation ecology with archaeological and historical research. In 1990 he completed a detailed, independently funded evaluation of Yellowstone National Park’s “natural regulation” management program. He continues to study Rocky Mountain ecosystems through contracts with Parks Canada, the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, and the U.S. Forest Service. Dr. Kay has recently published a book on Native American’s role in structuring western North American ecosystems. His current interest is long-term human and wildlife interactions in southern Africa.

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