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Philip Nyhus

Title

Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Professor of Environmental Studies

Department

Environmental Studies

Information

Address

5358 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
ES212 Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing A
ES233 Environmental Policy A
ES319 Conservation Biology A

Education

  • Ph.D., Land Resources, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1999
  • M.S., Land Resources, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1994
  • B.A., Biology, St. Olaf College, 1989

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental policy
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Endangered species conservation, policy, and risk assessment
  • Human-wildlife conflict, including tiger and large mammal conservation

Personal Information

 

Areas of Interest:

Dr. Philip Nyhus' interdisciplinary research bridges the natural and social sciences to address human interactions with the environment. He is particularly interested in the policy dimensions of human-wildlife conflict and endangered species conservation. His current research includes biodiversity risk assessment, GIS-based spatial models, large landscape conservation, and tiger and large mammal conservation in the United States and Asia.

Recent Professional Experience:

  • 2015-present: Director, Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
  • 2010-present: Associate Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
  • 2004-2010: Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
  • 2002-2003: Co-Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • 2001-2004: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • 1999-2001: National Science Foundation Award for the Integration of Research and Education Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Science, Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Publications

 

Selected Publications

Edited Books

 

Series Editor

 

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

 

Book Chapters

  • Nyhus, P.J. (2016). Preface. In T. McCarthy & D. Mallon (Eds.), Snow Leopards (pp. xxix-xxx). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.[Series Editor, P.J. Nyhus]
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tilson, R. (2010). Panthera tigris vs Homo sapiens: Conflict, Coexistence, or Extinction. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tilson, R. (2010). The Next Twenty Years of Tiger Science, Politics, and Conservation. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Nyhus, P. J., Tilson, R., & Hutchins, M. (2010). Thirteen thousand and counting: How growing captive tiger populations threaten wild tigers. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Muntifering, J. R., Nyhus, P. J., Tilson, R. L., & Soule, M. E. (2010). Tiger restoration and biodiversity refugia in Asia: 'Picking up' the pieces. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Tilson, R., Nyhus, P., Muntifering, J., & Dahmer, T. (2010). The Yin and Yang of Tiger Conservation in China. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Tilson, R. L., & Nyhus, P. J. (2010). Tribe of Tigers: Introduction. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Tilson, R. L., & Nyhus, P. J. (2010). The biology and politics of Sumatran tigers: Crash of the conservation Garuda. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Tilson, R., Nyhus, P., Sriyanto, & Rubianto, A. (2010). Poaching and Poisoning of Tigers in Sumatra for the Domestic Market. In R. L. Tilson & P. J. Nyhus (Eds.), Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd ed.,). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Nyhus, P. J., Osofsky, S. A., Ferraro, P., Fischer, H., & Madden, F. (2005). Bearing the costs of human-wildlife conflict: The challenges of compensation schemes. In R. Woodroffe, S. Thirgood & A. Rabinowitz (Eds.), People and Wildlife: Conflict or Coexistence? (pp. 107-121). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
  • Nyhus, P. J., Williams, J., Borovansky, J., Byers, O., & Miller, P. (2003). Incorporating local knowledge into population and habitat viability assessments: Landowners and tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea. In F. Westley & P. Miller (Eds.), Experiments in Consilience: Integrating Social and Scientific Responses to Save Endangered Species (pp. 161-184). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
  • Nyhus, P., Tilson, R., & Franklin, N. (2001). Social and Administrative Guidelines for Field Conservation in Indonesia: Experiences from the Field. In W. G. Conway, M. Hutchins, M. Souza, Y. Kapetanakos & E. Paul (Eds.), AZA Field Conservation Resource Guide (pp. 198-207). Atlanta: Zoo Atlanta.
  • Tilson, R., Manansang, J., Brady, G., Armstrong, D., Traylor-Holzer, K., & Nyhus, P. (2001). Training, Transferring Technology, and Linking In Situ and Ex Situ Tiger Conservation in Indonesia. In W. G. Conway, M. Hutchins, M. Souza, Y. Kapetanakos & E. Paul (Eds.), AZA Field Conservation Resource Guide (pp. 245-255). Atlanta: Zoo Atlanta.
  • Tilson, R., Nyhus, P., & Franklin, N. (2001). Tiger restoration in Asia: Ecological theory vs. sociological reality. In D. S. Maehr, R. F. Noss & J. L. Larkin (Eds.), Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges in the 21st Century (pp. 277-291). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
  • Nyhus, P., Sumianto, & Tilson, R. (1999). The tiger human dimension in southeast Sumatra, Indonesia. In J. Seidensticker, S. Christie & P. Jackson (Eds.), Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes (pp. 144-145). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Other Professional Publications

  • Shannon, M., Junker, A., Nyhus, P. J., Bevier, C., & Cole, F. R. (2017). The Evolution of a Model Volunteer Lake Protection Program. LakeLines (Winter 2017), 53-57.
  • Nyhus, Philip J. (2014). Students as Catalysts for Large Landscape Conservation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper WP14PN1. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tekancic, L. A. (2010). Quite a year and new life for Panthera tigris: The St. Petersburg Declaration and the future of wild tigers . Journal of the Wildcat Conservation Legal Aid Society, 4(winter), 1-18 [online]: http://www.wcclas.org/publications.html.
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tilson, R. (2010). Where the tiger Survives, biodiversity thrives. Kyoto Journal, 75, 86-87.
  • Nyhus, P. J., Ambrogi, M.*, Dufraine, C.*, Shoemaker, A, & Tilson, R. (2009). The status and evolution of laws and policies regulating privately owned tigers in the United States. Journal of the WildCat Conservation Legal Aid Society 1 (Summer), 47-64.
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tilson, R. (2009). The Conservation Value of Tigers: Separating Science from Fiction. Journal of the WildCat Conservation Legal Aid Society 1 (Summer), 29-41.
  • Nyhus, P. (2008). Panthera tigris sp. amoyensis (South China Tiger). In 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. .
  • Nyhus, P.J. and R. Tilson. (2008). Can private owners help save a species? Natural History Magazine Factotem blog
  • Breitenmoser, U., Tilson, R., & Nyhus, P. (2006). Reintroduction of the Chinese Tiger. Cat News, 44, 15.
  • Tilson, R., & Nyhus, P. (2005). Zoos, private ownership, and accreditation: The right thing to do. Communiqu, December, 34.
  • Nyhus, P. J., & Tilson, R. (2003). The conservation value of privately-owned tigers. In E. Doherty & K. Girton (Eds.), AZA ANNUAL Conference Proceedings 2003 (pp. 55-59). Silver Spring, MD: American Zoo & Aquarium Association.
  • Nyhus, P. J., Tilson, R., Franklin, N., Bastoni, Sriyanto, Yunus, M, & Sumianto. (2000). Tigers, cameras, and satellites: Interdisciplinary efforts to map the habitat and threats to the last Sumatran tigers. In Proceedings of the ESRI International User Conference 2000. San Diego: ESRI.
  • Tilson, R., Nyhus, P., Jackson, P., Quigley, H., Hornocker, M., Ginsberg, J., Phemister, D., Sherman, N., & Seidensticker, J. (2000). Securing a Future for the World's Wild Tigers. Washington, D.C.: Save The Tiger Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/6653.
  • Borovansky, J., Byers, O., Miller, P., Nyhus, P. J., & Williams, J. (1999). Facilitiating local participation in a conservation planning workshop. TRI News (Yale University), Spring 1999, 12-16.
  • Nyhus, P., Sumianto, & Tilson, R. (1999). People, politics, and village-level conservation in Sumatra, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 1999 AZA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. Bethesda, MD: AZA.
  • Tilson, R., Nyhus, P., & Franklin, N. (1997). Steps in the forest: Efforts to protect the last Sumatran tigers. Minnesota Zoo Magazine, 13-14.
  • Tilson, R., Franklin, N., Nyhus, P., Bastoni, Sriyanto, Siswomartono, D., & Manansang, J. (1996). In situ conservation of the Sumatran Tiger in Indonesia. International Zoo News, 43(5), 316-324.
  • Nyhus, P., & Adams, M. (1995). Biosphere Reserves of the World: Principles and Practice. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin and Institute for Environmental Studies (unpublished, used as class text in two courses at UW-Madison).
  • Nyhus, P. (1994). Tenure and information constraints to conservation in upland farming systems in Java, Indonesia. In W. A. Hamel (Ed.), Proceedings of the Ecol-Environ-Management Group: The Association of Management 12th Annual International Conference, August 10-13, 1994. Dallas, TX: Association of management.

 

Pedagogy Publications (* designates student co-author)