Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

I joined the Unit in the fall of 2009 a few years after receiving my MS from UVM. In the years leading up to 2009, I worked as an independent consultant and as a writer. When not working or spending time with my wife and kids, I try to get out hunting and fishing as much as possible.. My primary interest right now is in providing a robust framework for generating and evaluating management actions for Vermont game species. This generally includes modeling populations and the effects of various human and non-human influences (e.g. harvest, land-use change) on them in order to help us identify optimal management strategies. More generally, I have a long-standing interest in wildlife behavior, landscape ecology, and field and quantitative methods for studying rare and elusive wildlife, particularly mammalian carnivores.. I am part of a team that developed Occupancy Modeling and Estimation, an on-line course. It is a thorough introduction to occupancy models delivered through multi-media presentation on-line aimed at graduate students and working professionals. The other developers are Dr. Donovan, Dr. Lewis Coggins (USFWS) and Diane Nelson (BLM). I have conducted training in tracking skills, data-collection and management, and study design for professionals and volunteers. I have also collaborated with outdoor learning and science programs at high-school and college level as an instructor and as a curriculum consultant.