Barry L. Perryman

Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management · University of Nevada-Reno · company speakers →

Barry L. Perryman is a professor of rangeland ecology and management in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences at the University of Nevada-Reno. Perryman has appeared on the front page of the Sunday edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, FOX News, National Geographic, and National Television of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as a natural resource specialist, and he has received both gubernatorial and White House appointments, including the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board and the White House Council on Wildlife Policy. His teaching and research represent a broad spectrum of interests, including sage grouse health and habitat, invasive species mitigation, sagebrush demography, wildfire rehabilitation, mined-land reclamation, and plant community dynamics. Perryman has organized several international meetings and continues to work on research projects in central Asia and western China. Perryman is also an award-winning novelist and columnist, most recently receiving the Will Rogers Medallion for western humor. Raised on a small Texas ranch, and with time spent as an oilfield roughneck, an administrator for a Fortune 100 oilfield service company and an academician, Perryman brings a unique and interesting perspective to natural resource management issues of the west.

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