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Mudpuppy Night in Oxford M --Apple-Mail=_97A6FED5-3144-4ACE-9919-FFB09122DD14 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Apr 7, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca = <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote: >=20 > * On the other hand, there are roads with more traffic where almost = nothing makes it across the road, a pattern you can observe in the = location of all the squashed carcasses in the lane next to the source of = movement. * Fred - I am wondering about the data that must have been generated by = the Carleton U. students who studied certain sections of Ottawa area = highways known to be deadly for amphibians. Were they able to come up = with any numbers as far as success-failure crossing rates, especially = during peak amphibian migrations? =20 > Our pitch for others doing this kind of project is at = http://pinicola.ca/AdoptX.htm <http://pinicola.ca/AdoptX.htm> and you = could snag the datasheet from http://pinicola.ca/wasted_lives.pdf = <http://pinicola.ca/wasted_lives.pdf> - I discuss other aspects of road = ecology at http://pinicola.ca/rd_ecol_10_quest.pdf = <http://pinicola.ca/rd_ecol_10_quest.pdf> * I=E2=80=99m thinking it would be useful to put together some kind of = point form instruction page for those who are interested in initiating a = road ecology project in their area. Maybe you have done so already. It = might include tips on what hours are best for checking the road if you = wish to get the most comprehensive picture of what is going on. = Obviously, late evening would be a good time - before raccoons, skunks, = etc=E2=80=A6 get out there to scavenge the dead and injured vehicle = casualties. Also, weather conditions that result in large migrations. = I know that such things get discussed fairly regularly on the Eastern = Ontario nature list, but that is because there are quite a few in your = area interested in road ecology and reporting on peak movements. Thus = far, I have not seen as many similar postings on the NS nature list, but = assume that there might be an increase in reporting if there is an = interesting among members of the list. =20 Note to other NatureNS members: This is a project I=E2=80=99m going to = try to take on for this season at my place at Round Hill. I=E2=80=99m = already outdoors checking my moth sheets late into the evening, so will = try to include checking the road as well. I may be in a good location = for doing so as I=E2=80=99m next to a brook and a lot of woodlands =E2=80=94= and my road gets a reasonable amount of traffic throughout the evening. = Should be interesting to see what may be observed. =20 Bev Wigney Round Hill, NS= --Apple-Mail=_97A6FED5-3144-4ACE-9919-FFB09122DD14 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"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" = class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Apr 7, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Fred Schueler = <bckcdb@istar.ca> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline = !important;" class=3D"">* On the other hand, there are roads with = more traffic where almost nothing makes it across the road, a pattern = you can observe in the location of all the squashed carcasses in the = lane next to the source of movement.</span><br style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""></div></blockquote><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>* Fred - I am wondering about the = data that must have been generated by the Carleton U. students who = studied certain sections of Ottawa area highways known to be deadly for = amphibians. Were they able to come up with any numbers as far as = success-failure crossing rates, especially during peak amphibian = migrations? </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline = !important;" class=3D"">Our pitch for others doing this kind of project = is at<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a = href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/AdoptX.htm" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;" class=3D"">http://pinicola.ca/AdoptX.htm</a><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline = !important;" class=3D""><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and you could snag the = datasheet from<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a= href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/wasted_lives.pdf" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: nor