BioBlitz! OK 2019

We had a record setting BioBlitz! weekend this year at Sequoyah State Park on the shores of Fort Gibson Lake in eastern Oklahoma. This was our biggest group of biologists – both professional and amateur – that has ever attended our BioBlitz! event. We had over 450 citizen scientists and expert biologists participate in our … More BioBlitz! OK 2019

BioBlitz! Oklahoma 2018

BioBlitz! weekend is my most favorite, stressful, and fun work days of the year. My favorite thing is showing people the amazing organisms that live right hear in Oklahoma.  Our featured organism this year, and star of this year’s event shirt, was the American Burying Beetle – a federally protected endangered species.  I was immensely … More BioBlitz! Oklahoma 2018

OU Biological Station

Summer classes at the OU Biological Station are an unusual collegiate experience.  Squeezing in a semester’s worth of information into 10 days of instruction is intense and exhausting for both student and professor.  But it is so worth it.  Students are focused on one subject.  Being in a remote location limits the distractions and helps … More OU Biological Station

Spring Field Days!

I am super excited to announce my new project – Field Days!  These will be educational Field Days highlighting topics of interest to land conservationists – landowners, biologists, land managers, conservation minded citizens.  I am trying to organize them to appeal to landowners interested in maintaining natural diversity on their property and people simply interested in learning more … More Spring Field Days!