2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

My research interests encompass various aspects of wildlife ecology. As a biologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers, my work tends to be very applied. Department of Defense (DoD) lands harbor some of the highest densities of plants and animals listed under the Endangered Species Act. The presence of threatened, endangered, and at-risk species (TES) is a major factor that interrupts or restricts military training operations because large swaths of land the US military relies on for realistic training environments are also frequently used by protected species. Thus, our TES team at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, along with many collaborators, conduct multidisciplinary research that informs management and conservation of TES inhabiting DoD lands.