College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Major Advisor:

Gary Roloff

Background:

I am the Director of the Inland Fish and Wildlife Department a the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. I have been the head of the Inland Fish and Wildlife Department since 2008. My area of expertise is snowshoe hare fitness and habitat relationships in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I have a B.S. in Resource Ecology from University of Michigan-Flint in 2003 and an M.S. in Community Agriculture Recreation and Resource Studies in 2008. I live in Sault Ste. Marie with my wife, Robin, and two daughters, Miriam and Lillian.