Peter Skylstad

Associate Professor of Biology , Natural
Resources and Wildlife Technology Program

Garrett College , McHenry, MD

We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children (Chief Seattle)

In wildness is the preservation of humanity. (Thoreau)

Natural resources are the foundation upon which our 21st century civilization is built! Manage them wisely!

Ignorance is voluntary bad luck! (Lawrence Skylstad)

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration! (T. A. Edison)

Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth. (Archimedes)

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)

Peter lives near Deep Creek Lake with his wife Carolyn and their two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Red and Zelda.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. (Louis Pasteur)

Academic Background

IMAGE LINKS

Phytoreclamation of the Laurel Run wetland

North Branch of the Potomac Wetlands Project

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Laurel Run Wetland, Acid Mine Drainage and Phytoreclamation

Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus)

Peter at work in Costa Rica

Giant Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) in Costa Rica

Mountain Lion (Felis concolor) in Costa Rica

Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Costa Rica

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) in a tree cavity in Costa Rica

GIS Interpolations

Contact Information:
Phone: 301-387-3332
Fax: 301-387-3325

Email: peter.skylstad@garrettcollege.edu

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