Francisco Zamora

Sonoran Institute, Senior Director, Water & Ecosystem Restoration

Francisco Zamora is a scientist and a conservationist with twenty years of experience working in natural resource management, particularly in the Delta of the Colorado River. He has extensive experience integrating community stewardship, applied science, and local values to reform water policy, conserve and restore priority areas, and build knowledge and capacity for collaboration between water managers and local leaders. He obtained his Ph.D. in Resource Geography, with a minor in natural resource economics, and a master’s degree in Marine Resource Management, both from Oregon State University, and a BS degree in Oceanography from Autonomous University of Baja California.