Most of my current research activity is conducted in association with
(a) a 12-year-old program that is funded by the Northern Region of the USFS
(http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/research_landbird.htm), which we developed to provide long-term population trend monitoring, habitat-relationships, and management effects studies of forest birds on USFS lands;
(b) a project funded by PPL-Montana and BLM
(http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/research_riparian.htm) involving study of the distribution, nest success, and re-fueling success of riparian birds along the Madison and Missouri Rivers in Montana;
(c) a study funded by the Sonoran Joint Venture
(http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/research_mexicowinterbird.htm), which is designed to understand the significance of riparian woodlands to wintering birds in Sonora, Mexico; and
(d)a project funded by USFS/RMRS and Joint Fire Sciences Program
(http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/research_avianfire.htm), which focuses on the distribution of birds within and among recently burned forests.
Our lab is especially interested in putting our research results to practical use by integrating the habitat needs of migratory songbirds into management schemes that are directed toward building a sustainable future.