Restoring Stream Habitats

Dr. Tyler Fox will share how The Nature Conservancy and the Arkansas Stream Heritage Partnership are working in the Upper Saline and other priority watersheds to protect and restore stream habitat, reduce erosion, reconnect rivers to their tributaries at aging road crossings, and improve the resilience of both natural systems and local communities.

Thursday, Nov 12, 2026

10 a.m.

Coronado Center Auditorium

About the speaker

Dr. Fox holds a doctorate in Fish and Wildlife Conservation from Virginia Tech and has more than 20 years of experience in conservation, research, and education. He currently leads the River Conservation Program for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Arkansas, where he works to bring people together around protecting and restoring rivers and their floodplains to keep them fishable, drinkable and swimmable for future generations. 

Before joining TNC, he was river researcher and teaching fellow in the USGS Fish and Wildlife Coop Unit at the University of Arkansas. Tyler’s background includes working on wildlife and water quality issues in Botswana, migratory birds and ecological contaminants in Wyoming, and protected areas management in Bulgaria.

Tyler first moved to Arkansas in 2007 to study the caves in Perry County, Missouri as a grad student at the University of Central Arkansas, where he now teaches a Data Science Seminar.

Tyler co-leads the Arkansas Stream Heritage Partnership (ASHP), a statewide coalition of more than 150 members, including state and federal agencies, local governments, universities, conservation organizations, private companies, and citizens.