James has served on the Wetland Working Group as a board member since 2021 and first became involved with The Wildlife Society in 2015 during his Ph.D. studies at Texas Tech University. James currently serves as a Migratory Game Bird Specialist for Texas Parks and Wildlife along the mid and lower Texas coast. In this capacity, his primary interest revolves around research and monitoring of wintering waterfowl. James is also heavily involved in wetland restoration and creation projects on both public and private lands. He also serves as the Gulf Coast Joint Venture’s Mid-Coast Initiative Team Chair. Prior to his current position with Texas Parks and Wildlife, James served as the Wetland and Waterfowl Coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. James was originally trained as a fisheries biologist and spent a decade working with native fish conservation programs in the intermountain west, before finding his true calling in migratory bird conservation. When not at work, you can find him on the bays chasing redfish, in the shop working on a motorcycle, or out looking for his dog that ran off, again.
