Vast wilderness linking Central and South Florida was spared when the Destiny development became DeLuca Preserve. What’s next may be great environmental success. This is the forth of five chapters.
Student-led bird banding innovation spearheads continuation of data collection despite COVID-19
March 16, 2021
Two fisheries and wildlife undergraduate students, Hannah Landwerlen and Evan Griffis, designed and built a box that allows bird banding to be performed safely during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Jen Owen, associate professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
As the novel coronavirus pandemic began shuttering many business operations worldwide in March 2020, uncertainties abounded. There were more questions than answers, from personal and community health concerns to navigating new restrictions in the workplace.
Like many scientists, Jen Owen, an associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, endeavored to continue her research uninterrupted. She wondered how it could be done safely to avoid data gaps.