Joe Marlow is the Sonoran Institute’s land and resource economist. He serves as a spokesperson on conservation and land use economics in the West; conducts research and economic analyses; and prepares reports on research results and to explain economic trends and concepts. Joe was a faculty member at a tribal college for five years, teaching economics, mathematics, statistics and earth science. For 11 years, he was a principal in a resource economics consulting firm involved in quantitative mineral resource assessment, geographic information system design and programming, and satellite image analysis. Other experience involved extensive project management and fieldwork in mineral, oil and gas exploration, as well as geotechnical and civil engineering. Joe holds a doctorate in mineral economics with a minor in remote sensing, a master’s in mineral economics with a concentration in finance, and a bachelor’s in earth science.