Kevin received his BS in Environmental Science from the University of Iowa in 2010. He then pursued a MS in Wildlife Ecology from Iowa State University in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management under Dr. Stephen Dinsmore. The focus of his research was examining how shorebirds and waterfowl use sheetwater wetlands in Iowa’s Prairie Pothole Region during spring migration and fall migratory stopover ecology of Pectoral Sandpipers in Iowa. He is currently a Research Associate at Iowa State University working as a diversity biologist running Iowa’s Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring (MSIM) Program. This project started in 2006 with the Iowa DNR and is currently a partnership between the Iowa DNR and Iowa State University. The MSIM Program is a statewide survey that focuses on documentation, monitoring, and conservation of Iowa’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need designated by the Iowa Wildlife Action Plan. Information on the MSIM Program is available here. Some of his favorite Iowa native species include the American Sycamore, Butterfly mussel, Regal Fritillary, Prairie Skink, Johnny darter, and Trumpeter Swan.