REPRESENTATIVE WILDLIFE PROJECTS
Non-game and General Wildlife Studies
- Black Oystercatcher Monitoring Protocol; Chugach National Forest, AK
Water for Wildlife Foundation Strategic Plan and program development; Water for Wildlife Foundation
- Resident and migratory bat surveys-use of mist nets and bat echolocation detectors (Anabats) to survey bat populations in and near wind resource areas in southwest Minnesota.
-Neotropical Migratory Bird Survey and Nest Searching, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana; U.S. Navy.
- Raptor nest monitoring and relocation, Abandoned Mined Land Program and Wyoming Department of Transportation projects; proposed and constructed Wind Plants, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington.
- Mountain plover surveys and nest monitoring in agriculture setting, wind resource areas, BLM lands, Wyoming.
- Wintering Waterfowl Studies, South Platte River, Denver, Colorado- evaluated waterfowl abundance, species composition, habitat use, behavior and food habits.
- Evaluation of Timber Management on Nongame Birds, Ashland Wildlife Research Area; Missouri Department of Conservation.
- Prairie Dog Management Plan, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Big Game Studies
- Use of satellite telemetry studies to evaluate effects of oil and gas development on mule deer in the Green River Basin of Wyoming.
- Developed Northern Great Plains Mule Deer Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model using Habitat Evaluation Procedures; U.S. Forest Service, Nebraska National Forest.
- Resource selection model for elk west of the Cascade crest in OR and WA.
- Mule Deer Surveys, Rattlesnake and Shirley Mountains, Wyoming-conducted ground surveys and evaluated helicopter survey data for estimating sex and age composition; Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Compendium on Management and Research on Mountain Lions in Wyoming; Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Dall Sheep and Mountain Goat Survey, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska-designed survey protocol and analyzed survey data; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Department of Game and Fish.
- Mule Deer Impact Assessments-designed protocols and implemented long term study to assess impacts from energy development on western Wyoming mule deer herds; Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Effects of a multi-use pathway on elk habitat use in Grand Teton National Park.
- Polar Bear Survey Protocol for the Chukchi Sea; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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