Dear Cayugabirders, I am posting this announcement with permission of the list owner. Ashley is a graduate student in the Department of Natural Resources here at Cornell, and she also wears some other hats with the federal Partners in Flight program.
Jody Enck Department of Natural Resources Cornell University Are you a woodland owner with an interest in wildlife? If so, please join other woodland owners in an informal discussion about woodlands and wildlife. Cornell University Ph.D. student Ashley Dayer is studying wildlife habitat on New York State private lands to inform resources and programs provided for private landowners. As part of her research, she is interested in speaking with landowners who meet the following criteria: 1) Own at least 10 acres of woodland [Woodland is defined as land with at least ten well-spaced trees per acre or where trees were removed but will grow again (not converted to another use, such as cropland, pasture land, or residential). Woodland does not include Christmas tree farms, orchards, nurseries or unmowed old fields]. 2) Own this woodland within one of the southern tier counties of New York State (Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland, Tioga, Broome, Chenango, Otsego, Delaware). 3) Do not currently manage for early successional forest habitat on your land. (For the purposes of this research, early successional forest habitat is defined as areas with grasses, trees, shrubs, and up to small trees). If you are interested and meet the above criteria, please join Ashley at a landowner discussion in Cortland, New York on Thursday, July 22 from 7:00-8:30pm. Pizza and beverages will be provided. Additionally, participants will take home wildlife habitat resource information. Contact Ashley Dayer at aa...@cornell.edu<mailto:aa...@cornell.edu> if you are willing to contribute. Ashley Dayer PhD Student Department of Natural Resources Cornell University cell (541) 324-0281 aa...@cornell.edu<mailto:aa...@cornell.edu> __________________________ Jody W. Enck, PhD Human Dimensions Research Unit Department of Natural Resources 119 Fernow Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-8192 www.dnr.cornell.edu/hdru/<http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/hdru/> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
