John earned a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Colorado State University in 1998, a B.S. in Biology from Western State College of Colorado in 2004, and an M.S. in Zoology from the University of Wyoming in 2008. For his master’s degree, John combined his love of birds and mountains to study Brown-capped Rosy-Finch habitat selection in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. In addition to rosy-finch research, he has worked on Black Swifts, Flammulated Owls, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Painted Buntings, Red Crossbills, and desert riparian birds research projects. As a SSRS Wildlife Biologist, John primarily conducts research and data analysis for our Kern Valley and Lower Colorado River Yellow-billed Cuckoo projects. He also contributes to the station’s other research projects and website and database development. Prior to his career in wildlife biology, John worked for eight years as an outdoor educator teaching outdoor recreation and leadership skills to high school and college students across the Southwest.
John Stanek, Senior Research Biologist, New Mexico Lead
