[NatureNS] NS Birder Killed In Florida?

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Hello all,

More info on this tragic acident.

And yes, Gareth did work for the MBBA last summer.

Ron Arsenault
Memramcok, N.B.

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The Ornithological Council is very distressed to share this sad news:

The ornithological community lost three members yesterday when a small plan=
e
crashed in Florida. The three researchers on board were conducting bird
surveys. Two - Damion Marx and Phil Heidemann -  were graduate students in
the lab of Dale Gawlik at Florida Atlantic University
<http://www.science.fau.edu/biology/gawliklab/Lab_Personnel.htm><http://www=
.science.fau.edu/biology/gawliklab/Lab_Personnel.htm>.
The other was a graduate student at Dalhousie University.

*The flight was undertaken as part *of the South Florida Wading Bird Study.

FAU, the University of Florida, the South Florida Water Management District
and several other agencies have been collectively monitoring wading birds,
such as herons and ibises, in the Everglades and surrounding areas since
2005. The group has specifically been keeping track of how well the birds
are reproducing and their responses to Everglades restoration efforts,
according to the Web site for the University of Florida's Wildlife Ecology
and Conservation.

The FAU lab run by assistant professor Dale E. Gawlik was concentrating on
the size of wading bird colonies around Lake Okeechobee.

Gawlik and Marx co-wrote the FAU portion of reports on the study in 2006 an=
d
2007.

"It's absolutely tragic,'' said Rebecca Stanek , 33, a biology graduate
student who works in the same lab said of Thursday's crash. "All the people
in my lab are extremely intelligent, motivated people. They are people we
look up to."=90
On behalf of the Ornithological Council and for myself, we extend
condolences to the families of Damion Marx, Phil Heidemann, and Gareth
Akerman, and to Dr. Gawlik and the members of his lab.

Ellen Paul


 Martin County plane crash kills four

By JILL TAYLOR, MICHAEL LaFORGIA and KEVIN
DEUTSCH<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2008/0=
3/14/mailto:kevin_deutsch@pbpost.com>

Palm Beach Post Staff Writers

Friday, March 14, 2008

A flight school owner who defended his business despite its poor safety
record died along with three Florida Atlantic University researchers
Thursday in a single-engine plane crash in western Martin County.

The Cessna he piloted slammed into a pasture and landed belly-up, calling
the future of his troubled school into question.

Flying the 1999 Cessna Skyhawk 172S was Jeff Rozelle, 36, co-owner of
Lantana-based Kemper Aviation, whose crash Thursday was the third fatal
wreck for the school's fleet since Oct. 27. It brought the death toll in
Kemper-related crashes to eight.

The four men were on the final flight of a three-year research project to
study the migration of wading birds in the Everglades. All but Rozelle were
affiliated with Florida Atlantic University:

   - Graduate student Damion Marx, 35, of Boca Raton, was studying
   integrated biology.
   - Phil Heidemann, 43, was working on a master's degree in biological
   sciences. He was assisting Marx on the trip, according to the university=
.

   Heidemann earned his bachelor's degree from Grinnell College in Iowa.
   His profile on FAU's Web site said he worked in finance and insurance be=
fore
   deciding to change careers.
   - Gareth Akerman, 36, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was on a six-month
   contract with FAU to study migratory birds.

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<div>Hello all,</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>More info on this tragic acident.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>And yes, Gareth did work for the MBBA last summer.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Ron Arsenault</div>
<div>Memramcok, N.B.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>The Ornithological Council is very distressed to share this sad news:<=
br><br>The ornithological community lost three members yesterday when a sma=
ll plane crashed in Florida. The three researchers on board were conducting=
 bird surveys. Two - Damion Marx and Phil Heidemann -&nbsp; were graduate s=
tudents in the lab of Dale Gawlik at Florida Atlantic University <a onclick=
=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.scienc=
e.fau.edu/biology/gawliklab/Lab_Personnel.htm" target=3D"_blank">&lt;http:/=
/www.science.fau.edu/biology/gawliklab/Lab_Personnel.htm&gt;</a>. The other=
 was a graduate student at Dalhousie University.<br>
<br><strong>The flight was undertaken as part </strong>of the South Florida=
 Wading Bird Study. </div>
<p>FAU, the University of Florida, the South Florida Water Management Distr=
ict and several other agencies have been collectively monitoring wading bir=
ds, such as herons and ibises, in the Everglades and surrounding areas sinc=
e 2005. The group has specifically been keeping track of how well the birds=
 are reproducing and their responses to Everglades restoration efforts, acc=
ording to the Web site for the University of Florida's Wildlife Ecology and=
 Conservation.</p>

<p>The FAU lab run by assistant professor Dale E. Gawlik was concentrating =
on the size of wading bird colonies around Lake Okeechobee.</p>
<p>Gawlik and Marx co-wrote the FAU portion of reports on the study in 2006=
 and 2007.</p>
<p>"It's absolutely tragic,'' said Rebecca Stanek , 33, a biology graduate =
student who works in the same lab said of Thursday's crash. "All the people=
 in my lab are extremely intelligent, motivated people. They are people we =
look up to."=90</p>
On behalf of the Ornithological Council and for myself, we extend condolenc=
es to the families of Damion Marx, Phil Heidemann, and Gareth Akerman, and =
to Dr. Gawlik and the members of his lab.<br><br>Ellen Paul<br><br><br>

<div>
<div>
<h2>Martin County plane crash kills four</h2>
<p>By <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"h=
ttp://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2008/03/14/mail=
to:kevin_deutsch@pbpost.com" target=3D"_blank">JILL TAYLOR, MICHAEL LaFORGI=
A and KEVIN DEUTSCH</a></p>

<p>Palm Beach Post Staff Writers</p>
<p>Friday, March 14, 2008</p><span></span>
<p>A flight school owner who defended his business despite its poor safety =
record died along with three Florida Atlantic University researchers Thursd=
ay in a single-engine plane crash in western Martin County.</p>
<p>The Cessna he piloted slammed into a pasture and landed belly-up, callin=
g the future of his troubled school into question.<br></p>
<p>Flying the 1999 Cessna Skyhawk 172S was Jeff Rozelle, 36, co-owner of La=
ntana-based Kemper Aviation, whose crash Thursday was the third fatal wreck=
 for the school&#39;s fleet since Oct. 27. It brought the death toll in Kem=
per-related crashes to eight.</p>

<p>The four men were on the final flight of a three-year research project t=
o study the migration of wading birds in the Everglades. All but Rozelle we=
re affiliated with Florida Atlantic University:</p>
<ul>
<li>Graduate student Damion Marx, 35, of Boca Raton, was studying integrate=
d biology.</li>
<li>Phil Heidemann, 43, was working on a master&#39;s degree in biological =
sciences. He was assisting Marx on the trip, according to the university.=
=20
<p>Heidemann earned his bachelor&#39;s degree from Grinnell College in Iowa=
. His profile on FAU&#39;s Web site said he worked in finance and insurance=
 before deciding to change careers.</p></li>
<li>Gareth Akerman, 36, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was on a six-month contrac=
t with FAU to study migratory birds.</li></ul></div></div>&nbsp; ++++++++++=
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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