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Fox, William (Bill)

William (Bill) Fox

Emeritus Associate Professor
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(979) 314-8470

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Range Science, Texas A&M University
Graduate Education
M.S. Animal & Range Sciences, New Mexico State University
Ph.D. Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas A&M University

Areas of Expertise

  • Range Management
  • Ecosystem Goods & Services
  • Rangeland Restoration

Professional Summary

Bill Fox, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Associate Professor with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Department of Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management. He also served as the Director of the Center for Natural Resources Information Technology at Texas A&M. Fox has been working in the arena of the impacts of rangeland management on ecosystem goods and services since 2000. Over the years, he has focused on land management strategies for a diverse suite of landscapes ranging from rehabilitation of highly disturbed military training lands to restoration of oil/gas development, the influence of vegetation communities on water resources in working landscapes and, most recently, the impacts of land management on carbon sequestration and ecosystem benefits to society in rangelands. Fox participated in the Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable and developed the Integrated Social, Economic & Ecological Conceptual (ISEEC) Framework that has been used to define interactions of ecosystem goods and services on rangelands. Fox currently serves as a science advisor for the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium and as a member of their Grazing Strike Force. He also serves as a technical advisor for the Texas Grazing Lands Coalition. In his spare time, Fox enjoys spending time with family at the 5th generation family ranch in Bee County.

Selected Publications

Goodwin, D.J., D.A. Kane, K.D., K.R. Covey, C. Bettigole, J. Hanle, J.A. Ortega-S., H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, W.E. Fox, D.R. Tolleson. 2022. Can Low-Cost, Handheld Spectroscopy Tools Coupled with Remote Sensing Accurately Estimate Soil Organic Carbon in Semi-Arid Grazing Lands? https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6020038
Rhodes, E.C., J.P. Angerer, W.E. Fox & J.R. McAlister. 2021. Woody Vegetation Cover, Attrition and Patch Metrics over Seven Decades in Central Texas, USA. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78:54-66
Fox, W.E., Z. Medina-Cetina, J. Angerer, P. Varela & J.R. Chung. 2017. Water quality and natural resources management on military training lands in central Texas: Improved decision-support via Bayesian Networks. Sustainability of Water Quality & Ecology. Vol 9-10:39-52.
McCollum, D.W., J.A. Tanaka, J.A. Morgan, J.E. Mitchell, W.E. Fox, K.A. Maczko, L. Hidinger, C.S. Duke & U.P. Kreuter 2017. Climate change effects on rangelands and rangeland management: Affirming the need for monitoring. Ecosystem Health & Sustainability. 3(3):1-13.
Fox, W.E., D.W. McCollum, J.E. Mitchell, L.E. Swanson, U.P. Kreuter, J.A. Tanaka, H.T. Heintz, Jr., R.P. Breckenridge & P.H. Geissler. 2009. Integrated social, economic and ecological conceptual (ISEEC) framework for considering rangeland sustainability. Society & Natural Resources. 22(7):593-606.