Graduate Program Overview       All my graduate students are required to complete a formal thesis. I supervise graduate students through the Wildlife option in the Natural Resources Graduate Program in the College of Natural Resources and Sciences. Graduate students have worked with me on a variety of subjects and taxa. Generally students under my direction work with mammalian carnivores or seabirds, although I also have had several students and projects involving elk and other species where the questions overlap topically with my own expertise. Topics of theses studies include habitat use, energetics, food habits and nutrition, urban wildlife, and effects of anthropogenic disturbance on wildlife. Studies have included applied and basic science, although I encourage students to bridge across these categories. I usually have 6-7 graduate students in various stages of completing their degrees.       Humboldt State University is near extensive wildlands, which embrace a diversity of land management issues. Although many students conduct research near campus, others are conducting their theses at a distance (Los Angeles, Channel Island, Olympic Peninsula).       In general, students spend a year in the field collecting data (or multiple field seasons), a year in coursework, and a year or less writing their theses. Students that commit to staying on campus through completion of at least the first complete thesis draft have the most expedient completion dates.