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Mitchel P Mcclaran

  • Professor, Range Management
  • Director for Research, Santa Rita Experimental Range
  • Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
  • Professor, Global Change - GIDP
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • mcclaran@arizona.edu
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  • Courses
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Biography

Mitchel McClaran (PhD ’86, UC Berkeley) is Professor of Range Management with a focus on rangeland ecology and policy since 1986. He is a Fellow in the Bart Cardon Academy for Teaching Excellence, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Range Science and Education Council in 1999, and was named a Fellow in the Society for Range Management in 2014. Since 2020 he serves as the Director of the Arizona Experiment Station, in the Division of Agriculture, Life, and Veterinary Sciences and Cooperative Extension., and since 2004 he serves as Director for Research at the 21,500 ha UA Santa Rita Experimental Range. He has authored or co-authored 120 scientific publications. More details are available at http://snre.arizona.edu/people/mitch-mcclaran. 

 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Wildland Resource Science
    • University of Califronia, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
    • Age Structure of Quercus douglasii in Relation to Livestock Grazing and Fire History
  • M.S. Range Management
    • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
  • B.S. Conservation of Natural Resources
    • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2015 - Ongoing)
  • University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Science (2013 - 2015)
  • University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Science (2004 - Ongoing)
  • University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment (1986 - Ongoing)

Awards

  • Paper of the Year in Rangeland Ecology ad Management
    • Society for Range Management, Spring 2024
  • Outstanding Course
    • School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Spring 2019
    • School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Spring 2015
  • Wrangler of the Year
    • Gila County Cattle Growers Association, Fall 2018
  • Fellow
    • Society for Range Management, Winter 2014
  • Outstanding Scholarly Achievement
    • School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Spring 2013
  • Fellow Bart Cardon Academy for Teaching Excellence
    • UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Spring 2010

Licensure & Certification

  • Certified Professional in Rangeland Management, Society for Range Management (1999)
  • Certified Rangeland Manager, State of California, Board of Forestry (1996)

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Interests

Teaching

Rangeland Plant Communities, Rangeland Management

Research

Rangeland Vegetation Dynamics, Rangeland Management

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Independent Study
    RNR 599 (Spring 2026)
  • Rangeland Plnt Comm West
    RAM 382 (Spring 2026)
  • Wildland Plants of N America
    PLS 370 (Fall 2025)
  • Wildland Plants of N America
    RAM 370 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Independent Study
    RNR 299 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Independent Study
    RNR 499 (Spring 2024)
  • Internship
    RNR 393 (Spring 2024)

2020-21 Courses

  • Independent Study
    RNR 499 (Summer I 2021)

2018-19 Courses

  • Sustaining Local Food
    RNR 397A (Summer I 2019)
  • Rangeland Plnt Comm West
    RAM 382 (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 499 (Fall 2018)
  • Rangeland Management
    RAM 696A (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Dissertation
    RNR 920 (Spring 2018)
  • Rangeland Plnt Comm West
    RAM 382 (Spring 2018)
  • Renewable Nat Resources
    RNR 696A (Spring 2018)
  • Thesis
    RNR 910 (Spring 2018)
  • Dissertation
    RNR 920 (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 499 (Fall 2017)
  • Thesis
    RNR 910 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Dissertation
    RNR 920 (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 299 (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 499 (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 599 (Spring 2017)
  • Rangeland Plnt Comm West
    RAM 382 (Spring 2017)
  • Thesis
    RNR 910 (Spring 2017)
  • Dissertation
    RNR 920 (Fall 2016)
  • Rangeland Management
    RAM 696A (Fall 2016)
  • Thesis
    RNR 910 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Master's Report
    RNR 909 (Summer I 2016)
  • Dissertation
    RNR 920 (Spring 2016)
  • Independent Study
    RNR 599 (Spring 2016)
  • Master's Report
    RNR 909 (Spring 2016)
  • Rangeland Plnt Comm West
    RAM 382 (Spring 2016)
  • Thesis
    RNR 910 (Spring 2016)

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