The pic of the fawn and mt lion is so freaking adorable it should be illegal :)
Just to clarify in this particular case I am actually looking for individuals who are caring for individual rescued animals, not ecosystem wide impacts, and though I got several responses none so far have been what I need, which is someone who works in wildlife care and rescue from disasters - or more specifically someone in the Santa Barbra area working on this. I Do plan to mention that overall fires are beneficial and necessary for (most - at least fire-maintained) ecosystems, and most wildlife escape, burrow, etc. But this is Animal Planet and people are interested in what happens to the wildlife... and it rarely gets reported! :) So if you know anyone in the SB area who volunteers with or works with Animal Rescue Team, CA Dept Fish & Game, Santa Barbara Humane Society or Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network and have an email address or someone's direct phn # or you can forward this I would be very grateful!! :) Wendee - [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com ~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Jun 6, 2009~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Im Animal Planets news blogger - http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bailey, Andrew Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] wildfire impact on wildlife? Santa Barbara etc? Wendee, Thought you might find this blog post from Wildfire Today timely and interesting: http://www.wildfiretoday.com/news/2009/5/11/fawn-and-mountain-lion-cub-toget her.html See also this link to the animal rescue team: http://www.animalrescueteam.net/ You might also doa a search for "Lil' Smokey" from last year's wildfires. Many animal populations are adapted to wildfire- its a normal part of the ecosystems in which they live- but individuals within populations can always succumb to wildfire. I'm sure there have been plenty of studies on this, but I'm not at my desk and don't have much material to work from here. Andrew ________________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wendee Holtcamp [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ECOLOG-L] wildfire impact on wildlife? Santa Barbara etc? I was considering doing an (Animal Planet) blog post on the impact of wildfire on wildlife. I was tying it to the Santa Barbara fires but those folks are otherwise preoccupied, and I can't get hold of anyone. I wondered if anyone might have a perspective on how wildfires impact wildlife especially when they occur at times like this - spring when birds may be nesting etc. Do wildlife rehabs end up with burned animals, or do most animals get out of the way? Is nesting/repro success reduced for individual animals living in burn zones? Has anyone ever studied that? What species out near Santa Barbara are most at risk? Any endangered or threatened species? Thanks!! Wendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/> http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com <http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/> ~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Jun 6, 2009~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm Animal Planet's news blogger - http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news
