Wildlife Diversity Position On August 31, I began work for Texas Parks and Wildlife as the new Wildlife Diversity Biologist for the Trans Pecos region (west Texas). I will be coordinating and conducting non-game wildlife research and conservation for 19…continue reading
Certification in El Paso, TX July 27, 2009 The Texas Parks and Wildlife State Parks Division just hosted their first tracker certification in the El Paso area of west Texas. We spent the first day tracking in sand dunes until…continue reading
Senior Eval in San Diego April 26, 2009 Michael Crouse and Barry Martin recently hosted a senior tracker evaluation in San Diego County, CA. Mark Elbroch and I co-evaluated. We spent the first day in the desert and had questions…continue reading
Article Published in JWM Our journal article entitled: “Determining Observer Reliability in Counts of River Otter Tracks” has just been published in the Journal of Wildlife Management. This was the culmination of my Masters Degree in Wildlife Science from Texas…continue reading
Texas Parks and Wildlife recently hosted a tracking certification in east Texas on January 12th and 13th. We saw the tracks of 37 species, including 23 mammals, 1 herp, 7 invertebrates, 5 birds and the marks of a plant blowing…continue reading
We completed our second Evaluation in 2 weeks for the Western Tracking Institute in San Diego, CA. We spent the first day near Descanso, a small town to the east of San Diego, and the second day under bridges around…continue reading
New Certified Trackers in San Diego 10/18/2008 We just completed an Evaluation for the Western Tracking Institute in San Diego, CA. We spent the first day at Border Field State Park and the second day around the city. We encountered…continue reading
New Evaluator & Senior Tracker In the last couple of weeks there have been 2 senior level track and sign evaluations and some exciting new developments. The first eval was in New England, hosted by Mark Elbroch and George Leoniak. …continue reading
August Texas Parks and Wildlife Evaluations We just completed 2 Tracker Evaluations for Texas Parks and Wildlife at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area. This WMA is located in far west Texas near Big Bend National Park and provided some great…continue reading
Article Accepted to JWM The Journal of Wildlife Management, one of the most well known and respected academic wildlife journals, recently accepted a publication based on my Masters Thesis. The article is titled, “Determining Observer Reliability in Counts of River…continue reading