Tiffany McFarland

Senior Research Associate

Tiffany McFarland is a senior research associate at the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. She supports research and policy projects pertaining to the study and conservation of threatened and endangered species, as well as those proposed for future listing. She works with the policy team on an array of projects, partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S Department of Defense, to help address the current and future status of threatened, endangered, and at-risk species and to help develop innovative conservation strategies that address complex conservation challenges.

Tiffany earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and her master’s degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 2009. Her graduate research focused on the application of GIS and remotely sensed vegetation data to model avian breeding habitat along southwestern riparian ecosystems.

Tiffany joined the institute in 2009, working with the Research and Management of Endangered Species team on projects that focused mostly on the distribution, abundance, productivity and habitat use of the endangered golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo within their breeding ranges in Texas and in Oklahoma. She oversaw the coordination of these projects and assisted project leaders.

A Texas native, Tiffany enjoys spending time in the woods, hiking, biking, birding, and sharing her love of the outdoors with her daughter.