He has spent nearly 15 years conducting research on grouse ecology throughout the United States, including work on greater sage-grouse, Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, and spruce grouse. More broadly, research in his lab is focused on wildlife population ecology, life history theory, habitat relationships, connections among these subject areas, and their collective relevance to species' conservation. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in wildlife population dynamics, demographic estimation, and ecology and management of game birds.