When local Audubon Society leaders say come one, come all, they mean it.In this case, they changed the surface of an existing trail – from a grassy path to one with a crushed stone-dust covering – which made all the difference, allowing wheelchairs.
New Hampshire Audubon and collaborators from UNH Cooperative Extension and the Xerces Society will conduct a webinar panel discussion on creating pollinator habitat Thursday, Nov. 4 from 7 to 9 p.m.The panel will share best practices around.
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Harris Center teams with wildlife tracker Todd Alleger of the Northeast Motus Collaboration & Willistown Conservation Trust installs the first of 50 Motus receiving stations with members of NH Audubon, NH Fish & Game, and volunteers. PHOTO BY MARK NUTTER
Published: 12/28/2020 4:55:18 PM
The first of an eventual network of 50 wildlife tracking stations across New England is now operational in southwestern New Hampshire, enabling scientists and conservation agencies to follow the movements of tagged birds, bats and migratory insects across the region.
The station was erected last month in Stoddard on the 515-acre Granite Lake Headwaters property of the Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock. It is the newest addition to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, a global network of nearly 1,000 such stations coordinated by Birds Canada, and which can automatically track a new generation of highly miniaturized radio transmitters small enough to be deployed on animals as small