Professional Activities
Member, Shawnee & Hoosier National Forests Species Viability Evaluation Panel, Game Birds, May 2002.
Chairman, Audio-Visual Committee, Third Illinois Renewable Natural Resources Conference, March 2001.
Participant, Illinois Grassland Wildlife Workshop, Altamont, IL, October 2000.
Coordinator, Statewide Illinois Landowner's Pheasant Management Workshops, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Session Moderator, 61th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Chicago, IL, Dec. 1999
Member, Thesis Review Committee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- "Cottontail Movements in an Agricultural Landscape" by Patrick Hubert, 1996.
Member, Steering Committee, Illinois Landowner's Wildlife Habitat Management Guidebook, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 1996.
Member, Steering Committee, Midwest Pheasant Study Group Meeting, Oct. 1996.
State Coordinator, Federal Mourning Dove Call-Count Survey, 1995-2002.
Member, Public Land Site Evaluation Board, Illinois Dept. of Conservation, 1995.
Participant, Regional Wildlife Assessment for the 1995 Farm Bill -
Wildlife Management Institute, Soil and Water Conservation Society, The Wildlife Society, 1994
Coordinator, Statewide Illinois Landowner's Quail Management Workshops, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Chairman, Illinois State Pheasant Stamp Committee, 1990-1992.
Chairman, Field Advisory Committee, Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1993.
Member, Field Advisory Committee, Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1992-1993.
Member, Wildlife Division Evaluation Team, Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1993-1994.
State Coordinator, National CRP Monitoring Program, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1988-1993
Member, Native Grass Committee, Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1984
Member, Private Land Committee, Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Conservation, 1982
County Compiler, Ford County, Illinois Statewide Spring Bird Count, 1978-2004.
Wildlife Society Activities
Member of The Wildlife Society since 1968.
Certification Review Board, Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2006
Membership Committee (1977-79)
Journal Referee:
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1979-present. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1982-present.Member of the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society since 1970.
Nominating Committee (1975, 2001).
Audit Committee (1986, 1987)
Secretary (1991)
Member of the Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society since 1975.
Newsletter Editor (1978-1980, 1988)
Councilman (1980, 1999, 2000)
Program Chairman (1982)
President (1983)
Executive Board (1980, 1982-84, 1999-2000)
Chairman, Agricultural Policy Committee (1994-95)
Certification Committee (1986-87)
Other Memberships
Illinois Ornithological Society
The Nature Conservancy
Pheasants Forever
Quail Unlimited
National Wild Turkey Federation
International Hunter Education Association
Honors, Awards
Merit Award for Outstanding Work in Wildlife Conservation, Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts, 1985.
Professional Award of Merit, Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2003.