While an undergraduate, he was an intern in the Lower Rio Grande Valley at the Las Palomas Wildlife Management area for three summers assisting with management of white-winged dove. In addition, both his masters and doctoral research focused on Columbids. He has experience in habitat evaluation, abundance estimation, productivity, behavior, trapping, and radio tracking doves and pigeons. His current research focus includes the evaluation of habitat quality for threatened ungulate populations at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. He has GIS applications experience and teaches the introductory GIS course at Tarleton.