Serving the Intermountain West, the Rocky Mountain West, and the Great Plains
NR Systems, Inc.
dba Natural Resources Consulting
River Heights, Utah
Since 1990
Mountain West Ecological Consulting, Inc.
Providence, Utah
Since 1996
Western Ecological Services, Inc.
Milliville, Utah
Since 1996
Working as a team since 1996
Frank Smith is a botanist and the principal of Western Ecological Services. He has conducted rare plant and vegetation monitoring inventories in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Mr. Smith has also traveled to Armenia and South Africa to conduct vegetation studies.
Mr. Smith is also skilled in conducting field wildlife studies.
Frank Smith has discovered nine new taxa. Pictured here is Viola frank-smithii (common name Frank-Smith's violet). This violet is endemic to Logan Canyon, in northern Utah, where it grows on dolomite walls between 5,000 and 6,000 feet elevation. It flowers in early June.
Mr. Smith has botanical experience at the Ash Meadows National Widlife Refuge. The link below shows some of his work:
Viola frank-smithii
Current Knowledge and Conservation Status of Astragalus oophorus var. clokeyanus Barneby (Fabaceae), the Clokey eggvetch, by Frank J. Smith, December 2001, updated March 2002: Text, Figures, Global Distribution, Correspondence (excluded are tables and maps).
Frank Smith
Western Ecological Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 422
Millville, Utah 84326
(435) 881-1063
Brachylagus idahoensis (Pygmy rabbit)
Ecocorridors.com is a shared web-site for three companies: Natural Resources Consulting, Mountain West Ecological Consulting, and Western Ecological Services. We work as a team.