MEET TERRIL SHORB

TERRIL SHORB'S BIO

Terril L. Shorb is a life-long westerner who grew up on ranches, subsistence farms, and in small rural towns in the northern Rockies. He holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, a B.A. in Communication Studies, and a Certificate in Journalism, all from Sonoma State (California State) University. He is on the Faculty of Prescott College, where he founded the undergraduate degree program in Sustainable Community Development. His writings and photography have appeared in newspapers and magazines including High Country News, America West Airlines Magazine, Country Woman Magazine, the Albion Monitor, The Denver Post, Christian Living in the Mature Years, Persimmon Hill, Succeed: The Magazine for Continuing Education, and Birds and Blooms. "My life is written in bears and ravens, horned lizards and desert tortoises. Seems only right I share some of those beloved two, four, six, eight, or no-legged stories with my human brethren."

Through his great interest as a naturalist and sustainability educator, he invites others to better understand and appreciate the natural world. Terril has enjoyed doing interactive, community-based presentations for Central Arizona Land Trust and Open Space Alliance, Prescott Audubon Society, Tri-City Leadership Council, Chino Valley Historical Society, Professional Writers of Prescott, Windy River Institute, Gentle Strength University, Tubac Center for the Arts, Prescott Creeks Preservation Association, and the Crossroads Center Grand Opening at Prescott College, and more recently at the Sustainability and Environmental Education: Focus on the Future Conference sponsored by the North American Association for Environmental Education, the Regional Urban Wildlife Symposium & Expo, and the Green to Gold: Sustainable Cities, Healthy Local Economies Conference.