Investigating the age structure, longevity, and population demographics of catostomids, holosteans, acipenserids, goodeids and other freshwater fishes in North America
Understanding the ecological interactions between native and invasive fish species including bigmouth buffalo and invasive carp
Study of bowfisheries and inland commercial fisheries in North America
Collaborations
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Member First Nations, Pasqua First Nation, FHQTC Lands Chiefs Committee, University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and the Water Security Agency, Canada – study of bigmouth buffalo and common carp stable isotopes
University of Minnesota Twin Cities – collaboration with GarLab
Bemidji State University, MN DNR – bowfin
Indiana DNR, University of Idaho, Purdue University – study of bowfishing & native species
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation – age analysis of buffalofishes
USFWS Minnesota – bigmouth buffalo of Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
University of Wisconsin, WI DNR – quillback, highfin and river carpsucker
Illinois Natural History Survey – shovelnose sturgeon, bigmouth buffalo
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks – blue sucker
Colorado Parks and Wildlife – study of quillback and river carpsucker
Anglers of Arizona – The incredible longevity of the Arizona buffalofishes
Nicholls State University, Louisiana GarLab – study of gars
Eastern Illinois University – study of blue sucker
University of Saskatchewan and the Water Security Agency, Canada – study of bigmouth buffalo and common carp
University of North Texas – study of smallmouth buffalo
Missouri State University – study of buffalofishes
University at Buffalo, New York – catostomid genetics
University of Manitoba – bigmouth buffalo genetics
North Dakota State University & USFWS Nevada – study of critically endangered Pahrump Poolfish
Sitting Bull College, North Dakota – study of cisco
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks – aging of bigmouth buffalo
North Dakota Game and Fish – study of bigmouth buffalo
Iowa DNR – study of shovelnose sturgeon, paddlefish, buffalofishes, gar, and freshwater drum
Native species long written off as “rough fish” are now captivating the next generation of scientists