Tom Swimley – Senior Wildlife Biologist

Tom Swimley

Tom Swimley has both a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science and a Master of Science degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Penn State University. Tom has worked with Penn State University, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Frostburg State University since 1991 as a wildlife biologist on a wide variety of research projects with river otters, fishers, pheasants, bobcats, elk and black bear. Much of his work has focused on species-habitat interactions; wildlife reintroductions; population dynamics; wildlife survey methods; and capture, immobilization and handling.

Tom works for Wildlife Specialists as a management-level Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist and a Wetland Specialist with certification in the US Army Corp of Engineers Wetland Delineation Training Program including the Northcentral and Northeast Regional Supplement. Tom coordinates and oversees a variety of wildlife habitat management and research projects related to: wetland ecosystems, rare plants, invasive plants, bats, timber rattlesnakes, Allegheny woodrats, green salamanders, threatened and endangered species listed in the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) and Green Certification/Sustainable Forestry. Tom is also recognized as a Qualified Northeastern Bulrush Surveyor and is experienced in wildlife telemetry, trapping, chemical restraint, electro fishing, stream sampling, remote camera surveys and GIS.