Dr. Kim Eichhorst, Ph.D. is the Co-Director of the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) and serves as a Research Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Kim started research in the bosque in 1995, working with Dr. Cliff Crawford (BEMP’s co-founder) on the interaction between herbivores, cottonwoods, and pollution in urban and rural areas. She has worked for BEMP since 1999 and loves studying the intricacies of bosque ecology. Kim is married, has two energetic kids, dogs, cats, horse, goat, chickens, fish and whatever strays come their way.