Sterling Miller Ph.D.

Sterling got his undergraduate degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana (Missoula) in 1968. Subsequently he obtained his masters and Ph.D. degrees in Wildlife Management from the University of Washington (Seattle). Sterling worked as a research biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 21 years. In that work he specialized on grizzly bears, black bears, and predator-prey relationships. He has more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed literature and is a member of numerous professional organizations (Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society and International Association for Bear Research and Management). He is an affiliate faculty member of the University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation and of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Sterling retired from his job in Alaska in 1997 and joined NWF’s Northern Rockies office staff as a Senior Wildlife Biologist.