University of Montana Wildlife Biology Program Names Next Boone and Crockett Professor

The University of Montana’s top-ranked Wildlife Biology Program recently named Heather Johnson the new Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation. The inaugural Boone and Crockett Chair was appointed in 1993, and Johnson will be the sixth rese…

rcher to serve in the role. As a researcher with the UM-based Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and several state wildlife agencies, Johnson’s work has actively informed management and policy decisions for wildlife conservation across the West.