Land & Wildlife Management Program Manager

“Since I began following this desire to “make things better than I found them” in wildlife habitat back in the early 1980’s I have found that nothing in the outdoors compares to the satisfaction of seeing the land and its inhabitants respond positively to things that I put my hands to. Many of these fingerprints left behind will be here long after I am gone, and that is a humbling prospect. I understand the emotion and love connected to your land…I too am blessed to be a landowner….one who is hopelessly obsessed with “bettering” our family land. I very much am looking forward to walking alongside you down the path to a better property.”

Land & Wildlife Management Professional

“I learned as a young adult, in the 1980’s, that I wanted and needed to make a difference in the quality of wildlife habitat. My background in farming and living the outdoor lifestyle my entire life has afforded me the opportunity to learn how to make that difference. I have been involved in thousands of acres of habitat rehabilitation and many successful projects.

I have a farm dedicated solely to wildlife habitat, so I understand the effort needed to be successful. I will listen to your needs, and I promise to give you 100% of my professional knowledge, experience, passion, and personal drive to build a comprehensive plan that will help your property flourish.” 

Land & Wildlife Management Professional

I distinctly remember learning from my father and grandfather at a very young age to “always put back into nature more than you take out.” Those words instilled into me the idea and the drive that without quality habitats, you would not have quality wildlife. This grew into a passion of manipulating habitats and watching wildlife respond to those changes. I followed that passion to college, received my degree, then stepped into multiple different habitat management careers that have afforded me the opportunity to help people by manipulating habitats for them.

Since those early days, I have since taken over habitat plans on our family ground in the mid-2000’s. In the last few years, I have evolved that habitat passion that I started with, into helping landowners achieve those same goals that we started with years ago. Now with nearly 20 years of firsthand experience, knowledge, training and yes a lesson or two of hard knocks, I feel I am uniquely set up to assist you in achieving these goals.

Land & Wildlife Management Professional

Unlike most Foresters, I grew up in the city of Allentown, PA. Fortunately Allentown had a huge park and lots of farmland around it. I spent my summers exploring and examining wild animals.

Hunting was in my blood, and I would drive up to the Poconos to hunt the public land up there.

I studied Wildlife Management and agriculture at Penn State and eventually obtained a Master of Forest Resources Degree.

Since then, I have worked in consulting – managing timber sales, TSI and herbicide application work on government lands and wildlife habitat improvement on private forest land.

What started out as planting clover on log landings 30 years ago quickly turned into a passion and I became obsessed with creating food and cover for deer and turkeys. I have been working to improve habitat on many properties in PA and surrounding states ever since. Trial & error and learning from other experts have honed my habitat improvement skills over the years.

Most of my work today consists of combining proper forest regeneration methods with creating very productive food plots to make clients’ land attract and hold more deer, and most importantly, put the deer in front of hunters. I write detailed plans for landowners and follow through with continuing advice and help through the entire process. Those landowners who execute the plan get results.

I don’t use gimmicks or fads, just sound management principles that have worked for my clients.

There is nothing more rewarding to me than taking poor hunting properties and seeing clients finally start really enjoying hunting their land and sending me their “grip and grin” photos of big bucks.

Whether you are a DIY guy or you want a “done-for-you”, turn-key property conversion, I can get you moving in the right direction.

If you want to take advantage of my decades of experience and get it done right the first time, give me a call.

Land & Wildlife Management Professional

Growing up in an outdoors family I knew that the passion that surrounded hunting and wildlife habitat would always drive my life and career goals. My dad taught me how to be a true conservationist and outdoorsman and from there I took that to pursue an education in the outdoors. I graduated from UW-Stevens Point in 2011 where I obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology and water resources. I used my degree to become a senior aquatic biologist for a Wisconsin based pond and lake management firm where I worked for nearly two decades managing over 1,500 lakes and ponds.

With hunting being my true passion, I took my passion one step further and started my land management business, CreekBottom Land Management, in 2015. My goal was simple, bring science and hands on hunting experience together to improve properties. From my classes at UW-Stevens Point, 25+ years of hunting experience, and other land management professionals I began to fine tune the process to holding bigger and healthier deer and turkeys. With this knowledge and experience I am able to take a wide range of wildlife biology and management into the planning of client land management plans to achieve their goals and property owners.