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On 4/7/2016 10:52 AM, bev wigney wrote:
>
>> On Apr 7, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca
>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> - 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?
* most of what's reported is the success (or not) of helping creatures
across the road by hand or through culverts - to measure crossing
success you'd need 24/7 video coverage, and time to watch it, and with
the location of crossings varying as much as a kilometre or more, that's
just not what has been quantitatively focused on.
>> Our pitch for others doing this kind of project is
>> at http://pinicola.ca/AdoptX.htm and you could snag the datasheet
>> from http://pinicola.ca/wasted_lives.pdf - I discuss other aspects of
>> road ecology at http://pinicola.ca/rd_ecol_10_quest.pdf
>
> I’m 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. 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.
* that would be the adopt-a-crossing programme OREG was looking for
funding for. Okay, we can put this on our list of things to do in the
next few days. The problem will be how to arrange to archive the data,
but that shouldn't be intractable.
fred.
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> Obviously, late evening would be a good time - before raccoons,
> skunks, etc… 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.
>
> Note to other NatureNS members: This is a project I’m going to try to
> take on for this season at my place at Round Hill. I’m 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’m next to a brook and a lot of woodlands — and my road gets a
> reasonable amount of traffic throughout the evening. Should be
> interesting to see what may be observed.
>
> Bev Wigney
> Round Hill, NS
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