William (Bill) Fox

Areas of Expertise

Professional Summary

Bill Fox, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor & Extension Range Specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and a faculty member in the Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Department at Texas A&M University in College Station. He also serves 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.