Mark Chynoweth
Wildland Resources
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: Vernal, BEERCPhone: (435) 722-1700
Email: mark.chynoweth@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, Biology, (Conservation Biology), University of Utah, 2017 Dissertation
Ecology and Conservation of Large Carnivores in a Human-Dominated Landscape in Eastern Anatolia
MS, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2012 Thesis
Movement and resource selection by feral goats in a Hawaiian montane dry landscape
Licensures & Certifications
TEACH Native American Cultural Competence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2022
Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators, 2022
Infusing Planetary Thinking into the Curriculum at USU , Utah State University, 2022
Undergraduate Field Experiences in Research Network, National Science Foundation, 2022
Teaching Scholar Certificate, Utah State University Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2021
Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 2018
Remote Pilot, Federal Aviation Administration, 2018
Biography
Mark Chynoweth is an Associate Professor at Utah State University - Uintah Basin. He is interested in conservation biology, undergraduate education, and public outreach.
Teaching Interests
conservation biology, wildlife ecology, natural resource management, landscape ecology
Research Interests
human-wildlife conflict, conservation biology, large carnivore ecology, movement ecology
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Chynoweth, M., Sekercioglu, C.H, (2015). Conserving biodiversity: the tropical challenge. Trends in Ecology & Evolution , 29:7, 374-375.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2025
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2025
WILD, WILD, WILD 3800, 3800, 3800 - Wildland Plants and Ecosystems, Fall 2025
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2025
WILD 2250 - Introductory Internship/Co-op, Summer 2025
ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, ENGL, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640, 4640 - Studies in the American West (CI), Summer 2025
WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2025
NR 4251 - Natural Resources and Environmental Internships Preparation, Spring 2025
WILD 3810 - Wildlife Population Ecology, Spring 2025
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2024
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2024
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2023
WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600, 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2023
ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, ENVS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WATS, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Spring 2023
ENVS, WATS, WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Spring 2023
WILD 3810 - Plant and Animal Populations, Spring 2023
WILD 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management, Spring 2023
WILD, WILD 4500, 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management, Spring 2023
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2022
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2022
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2022
, Spring 2022
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2022
WILD 3810 - Plant and Animal Populations, Spring 2022
WILD 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management, Spring 2022
WILD 2200 - Ecology of Our Changing World, Fall 2021
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2021
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2021
ENGL, WILD 4640 - Studies in the American West, Summer 2021
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2021
WILD 3810 - Plant and Animal Populations, Spring 2021
WILD 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management, Spring 2021
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2020
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2020
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2020
ENGL, WILD 4640, 4950 - Special Topics, Summer 2020
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2020
WILD 3810 - Plant and Animal Populations, Spring 2020
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2019
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2019
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2019
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2019
WILD 2200 - Ecology of Our Changing World, Spring 2019
WILD 3810 - Plant and Animal Populations, Spring 2019
WILD 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management, Spring 2019
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Fall 2018
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2018
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2018
WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology, Spring 2018
WILD 2000 - Natural Resource Professional Orientation, Fall 2017
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2017
Graduate Students Mentored
Victoria Thorpe, Wildland Resources, August 2022
Jaime Arrive, Wildland Resources, September 2019
Cal DeBerard, Wildland Resources, September 2020 - May 2023
Oaklee Riley, Wildland Resources, September 2020 - May 2023