The role of the Avian Science Center’s advisory council is to provide guidance and input on projects, goals and achievements that support the Wildlife Biology Program, the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation and the University of Montana. The council is currently composed of the following UM personnel: 

Mark Hebblewhite, associate professor of ungulate habitat ecology

Dave Naugle, professor of large-scale wildlife ecology

Mike Mitchell, research professor and unit leader of the Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

Steve Running, Regents professor of ecology and director of the Numerical Terradynamics Simulation Group