Carl Frentress, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Carl joined Advanced Ecology Inc. in 2004 and brings over 30 years of professional wildlife management experience to the Company. Carl has extensive expertise in waterfowl habitat management, bottomland hardwood conservation and management of wetland systems.

Carl received a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science from Texas A & M University. He spent his entire career with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Carl has served in various positions with TPWD including wildlife biologist with the first enlarged team of non-game staff.

Carl was assigned as project leader for the statewide habitat mapping project, which used satellite imagery and remote sensing technology to produce large-area land cover maps and associated data sets.

Carl’s next position with TPWD was wildlife biologist for the Trinity-Brazos wildlife regulatory district. In this position, Carl’s duties included the expanded use of antlerless deer compartments, eastern turkey restoration, assistance with public hunting on WMAs, and quail management activities on private land.

In 1982, Carl was promoted to the position of regional waterfowl biologist for Northcentral and East Texas. Carl's duties included strategic planning for habitat conservation, aerial surveys of midwinter waterfowl populations, acquisition of waterfowl habitat acreage, initiation of the DU MARSH program, and bottomland hardwood conservation and management.

In addition, Carl served on the Central Flyway Technical Committee, was an instructor at the interagency wetland workshops for in-service training of state/federal personnel, and was heavily involved in the initiation of the partnership with the West Gulf Coastal Plain Initiative of the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan with implications for regionally-based landscape-level integrated bird management under the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.

Carl has received numerous awards including The Excellence in Wildlife Conservation Award presented by the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society in 1999, The Conservation Award, Employee Recognition and Awards Program presented by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1988 and The Wildlife Conservationist of the Year presented by The Sportsmen Conservationists of Texas in 1992.

Carl is long time member of The Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society.