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th --Apple-Mail=_DDF31808-61E9-4C0A-91DE-D374F4EBFECE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 All, Yesterday, I wrote a post to my naturalist friends on facebook = concerning road ecology. Gayle MacLean suggested that members of = NatureNS might find this of interest too, so I=E2=80=99m reposting here. = I attempted to send this to the list yesterday, but it didn=E2=80=99t = work. Following Doug Linzey=E2=80=99s instructive email from today, = I=E2=80=99m making what is actually a third attempt. If more than one = version gets through, I apologize in advance. Anyhow, here is the = email. ---- I=E2=80=99m posting this link to a document written by friends, Fred = Schueler and Aleta Karstad, as I think it may be of interest to some of = you. It is entitled, "Reckoning Wasted Lives: Thirty Years of Road = Ecology in North Grenville.=E2=80=9D I guess it is this link that has = been preventing this email from getting through =E2=80=94 so, you will = have to paste .pdf onto the end of this link to make it work. I = didn=E2=80=99t think .pdf files were a problem, but there you go. What = do I know! http://pinicola <http://pinicola/>.ca/wasted_lives Now, before you think, "Well, where's North Grenville and what does it = have to do with me?" - let me just say that it is what Fred and Aleta = have been doing that should be of interest to you. For more than thirty = years - actually, it's getting closer to forty years - they have been = "doing the roads" in their area - studying what is happening on them, in = what is now known as 'road ecology'. That involves keeping records of = the movement of creatures that are crossing roads - both successfully, = but very often unsuccessfully.=20 To give you some idea of just what may be seen by surveying a small = section of road, let me quote from the document (page 18): =46rom 2004 - 2006, Fred was out 572 times on 392 days. Each survey took = 4 - 10 minutes. This produced 990 species records, of 3,342 individuals = of 48 taxa; 3.9 individuals per meter in 2004, 5.8 per meter in 2005, = 3.9 per meter in 2006. There was a range of mortality rates, and in the = middle of the range, about 87% of each species of frogs and toads was = killed. [My note: Yes, you read that right. 87% of the frogs and toads seen on = the road were DOR (dead on the road). Argh!! Kind of points to why = studying road ecology is relevant, doesn't it?!] I like the final statement in the document: "We recommend this exercise to anyone who lives near a road." Well, that's just about all of us, isn't it? Just think of what we might = learn by studying the roads around our own homes. I have done a little = of this around my own area, but not in any methodical way. I mean to = rectify that situation this season while at my place at Round Hill.=20 By the way, if you go to check out Fred and Aleta's document - it's a = quick read with many photos and graphs - you'll find quite a number of = my photos of frogs and turtles interspersed with the text. I'd sort of = forgotten about that. Nice to see them included in such a useful = document. Please do read it if you have a few minutes. ** Note: Fred Schueler is a member of NatureNS, so if you have = questions about road ecology study, I=E2=80=99m sure he would be = available to reply. =20 Bev Wigney Round Hill, Nova Scotia= --Apple-Mail=_DDF31808-61E9-4C0A-91DE-D374F4EBFECE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(20, = 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; = line-height: 19px;">All,</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; = color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; = font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Yesterday, I wrote a post to my = naturalist friends on facebook concerning road ecology. Gayle = MacLean suggested that members of NatureNS might find this of interest = too, so I=E2=80=99m reposting here. I attempted to send this to = the list yesterday, but it didn=E2=80=99t work. Following Doug = Linzey=E2=80=99s instructive email from today, I=E2=80=99m making what = is actually a third attempt. If more than one version gets = through, I apologize in advance. Anyhow, here is the email.</p><p = class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); = font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: = 19px;">----</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: = rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: = 14px; line-height: 19px;">I=E2=80=99m posting this link to a document = written by friends, Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad, as I think it = may be of interest to some of you. It is entitled, "Reckoning Wasted = Lives: Thirty Years of Road Ecology in North Grenville.=E2=80=9D = I guess it is this link that has been preventing this email from getting = through =E2=80=94 so, you will have to paste .pdf onto the end of this = link to make it work. I didn=E2=80=99t think .pdf files were a = problem, but there you go. What do I know!</p><div class=3D""><font = size=3D"4" class=3D""><a href=3D"http://pinicola" = class=3D"">http://pinicola</a>.ca/wasted_lives</font></div><p class=3D"" = style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: = helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br = class=3D""></p><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: = rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: = 14px; line-height: 19px;">Now, before you think, "Well, where's North = Grenville and what does it have to do with me?" - let me just say that = it is what Fred and Aleta have been doing that should be of interest to = you. For more than thirty years - actually, it's getting closer to forty = years - they have been "doing the roads" in their area - studying what = is happening on them, in what is now known as 'road ecology'. That = involves keeping records of the movement of creatures that are crossing = roads - both successfully, but very often unsuccessfully. </p><p = class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); = font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: = 19px;">To give you some idea of just what may be seen by surveying a = small section of road, let me quote from the document (page 18):</p><p = class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); = font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: = 19px;">=46rom 2004 - 2006, Fred was out 572 times on 392 days. Each = survey took 4 - 10 minutes. This produced 990 species records, of 3,342 = individuals of 48 taxa; 3.9 individuals per meter in 2004, 5.8 per meter = in 2005, 3.9 per meter in 2006. There was a range of mortality rates, = and in the middle of the range, about 87% of each species of frogs and = toads was killed.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: = rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: = 14px; line-height: 19px;">[My note: Yes, you read that right. 87% of the = frogs and toads seen on the road were DOR (dead on the road). Argh!! = Kind of points to why studying road ecology is relevant, doesn't = it?!]</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); = font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: = 19px;">I like the final statement in the document:</p><p class=3D"" = style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: = helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"We = recommend this exercise to anyone who lives near a road."</p><p class=3D""= style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: = helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Well, = that's just about all of us, isn't it? Just think of what we might learn = by studying the roads around our own homes. I have done a little of this = around my own area, but not in any methodical way. I mean to rectify = that situation this season while at my place at Round Hill. </p><p = class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 6px 0px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); = font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: = 19px;">By the way, if you go to check out Fred and Aleta's document - = it's a quick read with many photos and graphs - you'll find quite a = number of my photos of frogs and turtles interspersed with the text. I'd = sort of forgotten about that. Nice to see them included in such a useful = document. Please do read it if you have a few minutes.</p><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">** Note: Fred = Schueler is a member of NatureNS, so if you have questions about road = ecology study, I=E2=80=99m sure he would be available to reply. = </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Bev = Wigney</div><div class=3D"">Round Hill, Nova Scotia</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_DDF31808-61E9-4C0A-91DE-D374F4EBFECE--
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