Tommy Funk

Tommy Funk is an active person who loves spending time outdoors and has had a fascination with aquatic ecology from a young age. His work has taken him from the tidal creeks of South Carolina, where he researched and restored oyster reefs, to the White Mountains of Arizona, where he removed invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.

Learn more about invasive species from streams essential to threatened Apache trout recovery. Tommy constructed and successfully defended a thesis examining differences in fish and decapod density, diversity, and condition between natural and artificial oyster reefs at inlet and swash tidal creeks in South Carolina. Currently, he maintains refuge stocks of threatened and endangered species native to the Edwards Aquifer region of Central Texas.