Grants and Awards
Clancy Gordon Environmental Scholarship, 2010-2011. University of Montana, Graduate College, $2,300
Habitat quality and status of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico 2009-2012. Tucson Audubon Society and Defenders of Wildlife, $13,000.
Migratory and resident birds of the Northern Jaguar Reserve of Sonora Mexico. 2009-2010. Northern Jaguar Project and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, $14,450.
Bertha Morton Graduate Scholarship, 2009-2010. University of Montana, Graduate College, $2,000
Status, distribution, and biogeography of birds in the Sky Islands of northern Sonora Mexico. 2009-2012. Sky Island Alliance and Veolia Environment Foundation, $10,500.
Population trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico 2009. Center for Biological Diversity and Global Owl Project, $2,000.
Status, distribution, and biogeography of birds in the Sky Islands of northern Sonora Mexico. 2008-2013. Rocky Mountain and Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units and Intermountain Region International Conservation Programs Office, National Park Service, $102,890 (with R.L. Hutto).
Population and demographic trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora, Mexico and
implications for Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. 2008-2009. Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, National Park Service, $20,000.
Migratory and resident birds of the Northern Jaguar Reserve of Sonora Mexico. 2008. Northern Jaguar Project and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, $11,200.
Population trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico. 2008. Global Owl Project, Arizona Zoological Society, and Rincon Chapter of the Sierra Club, $5,250.
Implementation of Bird Monitoring for the Sonoran Desert Network of National Parks. 2008. National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program - Sonoran Desert Network, $34,566.
Population trends of rodents and lizards at Organ Pipe Cactus NM 1989-2006 and implications for future efforts. 2008. National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program - Sonoran Desert Network and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, $11,600.
Analysis of monitoring data for rodents and lizards at Organ Pipe National Monument and implications for future efforts. 2007. Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, National Park Service, $14,800 (with B.F. Powell and R.J. Steidl).
Implications of transboundary development on movements and conservation of wildlife in the United States-Mexico borderlands. 2007. Defenders of Wildlife, $4,000.
Status and population size of breeding grassland birds on Rancho Los Fresnos in the Upper San Pedro
River Valley. Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Armónica, $2,275.
Migratory and resident birds of the Northern Jaguar Reserve of Sonora Mexico. 2007. Northern Jaguar Project and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, $4,385.
Workshop on monitoring and identification of birds in the San Pedro River Valley and Rancho Los Fresnos in Sonora Mexico. 2007. Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Armónica, $500.
Population and demographic trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico and
implications for recovery in Arizona. Defenders of Wildlife. T&E, Inc., and Center for Biological
Diversity, $8,500.
2006 Distribution and abundance of birds of conservation interest and identification of important bird areas in
Sonora Mexico. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Sonoran Joint Venture and T&E, Inc., $9,250.
Population and demographic trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico and implications for recovery in Arizona. 2006. Defenders of Wildlife, Tucson Audubon Society, Rincon Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity, $10,000.
Population trends of ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Mexico and implications for management in Tumacácori National Historical Park and other Arizona National Park Units. 2005. Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, National Park Service, $7,250 (with R.J. Steidl).
Population and productivity trends of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico. 2005. T&E, Inc., $2,500 (with R.J. Steidl).
Trends and productivity of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora, Mexico:
implications for Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. 2004. Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit and Intermountain Region International Conservation Programs Office, National Park Service, $10,000 (with R.J. Steidl).
Population trends of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora Mexico and implications for recovery in Arizona. 2004. T&E, Inc., $2,500 (with R.J. Steidl).
Association between roadways and cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in northern Sonora, Mexico. 2003. Arizona Department of Transportation, $279,271 (with R.J. Steidl).
Nesting habitat of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in the Sonoran Desert. 2001. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sonoran Joint Venture, $7,500 (with R.J. Steidl).
Nesting habitat and surveys for cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in the Sonoran Desert. 2001. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $8,000 (with R.J. Steidl).
Survey of breeding and migratory birds on Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. 2000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $8,000 (with R.J. Steidl).
Distribution, relative abundance, and habitat of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in Sonora, Mexico. 2000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $141,302.
Grassland bird monitoring on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. 1999. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Buenos Aires NWR, $1,885.
Gray hawk surveys and nest monitoring and yellow-billed cuckoo surveys in the Altar Valley. 1999. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Buenos Aires NWR, $2,960.
Surveys, nest searching and monitoring, and habitat use of cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls in the Altar Valley. 1999. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region II and Buenos Aires NWR, $25,114.
Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl surveys on the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge. 1998. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Bernardino NWR, $500.
Arivaca Creek and Arivaca Cienega avian monitoring program for the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. 1998. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Buenos Aires NWR, $3,945.
Grassland bird monitoring on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. 1998. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Buenos Aires NWR, $2,870.
Distribution and abundance of grassland birds on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge: A monitoring program. 1997. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Buenos Aires NWR, $2,267.
Vegetation communities of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bird Sanctuary: A quantitative description. 1996. National Audubon Society, $976.
Marlin Perkins Scholarship. 1995. Mutual of Omaha Wildlife Heritage Center, $1,000.