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HWA Survey Tomorrow

Posted on Mar 12, 2015

HWA Survey Tomorrow

Staff from the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown Community College and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy will be surveying high priority CWC properties for Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), or HWA. This survey will be open for the public to join. We will be meeting on Friday, March 13th at the Elm Flats First Preserve in Chautauqua at 1:00 PM. Visit http://www.chautauquawatershed.org/ for directions.

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HWA Survey Reminder

Posted on Mar 6, 2015

HWA Survey Reminder

Tomorrow come join us as we survey Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy’s Cassadaga Creek Preserve beginning at 9am! We will be meeting at the site (directions can be found by visiting CWC’s website) and will work our way through the preserve, in search of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). No previous knowledge of HWA is required as on-site training will be offered. So bundle yourself up and volunteer a couple hours of your time towards this important work!

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Piping Plover Record Setting Success

Posted on Jan 21, 2015

Piping Plover Record Setting Success

It is our tremendous pleasure to announce that in 2014 we helped the Connecticut population of Piping Plovers set an all-time record for the number of successfully fledged chicks at 116! Born from 51 pairs across Connecticut these young birds shattered the old state record of 101 fledged young in 2008. This is an astonishing success due to the efforts of over 400 volunteers across Connecticut and multiple partners including the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), and the Audubon Alliance for...

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Beach training

Posted on Apr 12, 2014

Beach training

Beach training for Piping Plover and Least Tern monitoring with CT DEEP, Audubon Connecticut and RTPI for the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds! Beautiful day at Sandy/Morse Point Important Bird Area in West Haven, Connecticut.

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