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New Hampshire Fisher Project

From September to March, I lead the research lab’s live-trapping and collaring efforts for fishers in the Lakes Region and White Mountains of New Hampshire. Using my knowledge of fisher ecology from my previous work with fishers in Oregon, California, and Minnesota, I worked independently to detect and capture fishers. This work is part of an effort to study the causes of mortality of fishers in New Hampshire.

UNH Fisher Dispersal Article
Minnesota

Lynx Snow Tracking Project

From January to March 2025, I worked as part of a team organized by Home Range Wildlife Research and the University of Washington to collect data on the movements and hunting behavior of lynx in the North Cascades of Washington.

 Coastal Marten and Fisher Project

From June to November 2024, I worked as the lead field technician for Dr. Sean Matthews’ research lab at Oregon State University. We collected hair and tracks samples of Humboldt (coastal) martens and fishers in northern California and southern Oregon.

BBC Discover Wildlife Article
Blog Post
Minnesota

Fisher and Bobcat Collaring Project

From September 2023 to April 2024, I worked as a wildlife technician with Dr. Michael Joyce’s Mammal Ecology Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute. We live-captured, collared, and tracked fishers and bobcats across Minnesota.

Olympic Marten Project

From June to September 2023, I worked as a wildlife technician to collect camera data of Pacific marten detections in the Olympic National Forest and National Park.

Magazine Publication

Conservation Northwest

Conservation Northwest Video

2nd Edition Guide to Birds in Central New Hampshire

Contributed content to this field guide. This expanded and fully revised edition of Bev Ridgely’s classic work includes updated accounts of the more than 280 species of birds found in the area and includes more than 200 color photographs. This book provides a comprehensive overview of birdlife in the beautiful Squam Lakes Region.

nhnature.org

US Forest Service Woodsy Owl

As part of the Woodsy Owl Junior Rangers program, I was asked to create a presentation about the winter adaptations of wildlife in the Bartlett Experimental Forest, Bartlett, NH.

Woodsy Owl Video

Squam Lakes Conservation Society

Exploratory series showcases the abundance of wildlife on preserves held by the Squam Lakes Conservation Society in Holderness, NH.

SLCS video series
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Wildlife ecologist, photographer, camera trapper, and certified tracker with a primary focus of studying martens and fishers. No baits or lures used.

Another day, another memory to treasure for life. Another day, another memory to treasure for life. While trailing moose in NW Maine, my friend and I were charged by a protective mother coyote. We had inadvertently come close to her den, and she made sure we knew it!

Barking at us from a distance, she suddenly rushed through the forest towards us, stopping only 60ft away. Staring at us, there was a momentary sharing of information as our eyes locked. Having delivered her message, she sped away as quickly as she had come. Out of sight, she continued to bark for a couple minutes. My friend and I stood in amazement, then, sharing a congratulatory smile, we turned and left.

#coyote @projectcoyoteorg
Long overdue post! These photos are of the young f Long overdue post! These photos are of the young female fisher, F20, feasting on one of two dead turkeys I found while exploring a small cluster site of her collar GPS points, not far from a road, back in mid May. I don't know how the two turkeys died, but F20 was certainly taking advantage of this opportunity. This young female (having been born in March of 2025) was only 4.5 lbs when we captured her. It's possible that she could have killed these turkeys - I've heard second hand accounts of people seeing fishers attack turkeys - but to have killed two, being a relatively small fisher, seems odd.

Nikon 7ii+ 24-70mm lens, 3 flashes, and @camtraptions PIR V3 sensor
I spent last evening with a pair of local loons. T I spent last evening with a pair of local loons. The pair either did not nest or did not successfully rear chicks this year, unfortunately. However, they seemed to remain tightly bonded. The pair were inseparable as they slowly drifted and quietly spoke with one another amidst the pickerel weed and sedges.

#loon #squamlake #newhampshire #wildlifephotography
A mother otter and one of her two pretty much full A mother otter and one of her two pretty much fully grown kits.

#otter #wildlifephotography #wildlife #cute
I have a huge backlog of photos from spending two I have a huge backlog of photos from spending two weeks sailing along the SE Alaskan coast. So I'm going to release the photos in batches.

First, some context because I don't think I fully explained why I was in Alaska. I was hired by a small interpretive guiding company, Raven, to work as a naturalist for a couple of Tauck (a luxury tour company) tours that were sailing aboard a Silversea cruise ship. The tour was one week, starting in Anchorage, then to Seward (where we boarded the ship), Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Ketchikan, and ending in Vancouver, BC. I went southbound with one group, then went back north (basically in reverse order) with a second group of guests.

My job as the naturalist was to prepare and give presentations on the animals, ecosystems, and natural history of SE Alaska. Having never been to Alaska previously, I spent dozens of hours preparing presentations and familiarizing myself with the landscape and wildlife before departing for the voyage.

One of the most exciting elements of the trip was seeing glaciers! We saw dozens, some way up close, and others high up on distant mountainsides. I'll leave this post as a collection of just a handful of glacier-related images.

1. Hubbard Glacier: largest tidewater glacier in North America and one of only a few growing glaciers. For context the glacial wall soars 300ft above the water's surface. 
2. Ash lines in the glacial ice
3. Piece of a glacial moraine
4. An iceberg that calved off of Hubbard Glacier
5. Davidson Glacier
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