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Ongoing Projects:
Earth Day Extravaganza!
We will work with the Management Committee to set up a long term project analyzing small mammals in the management area, doing a before and after manipulation (mowing) analysis, as well as create a database for long term monitoring by future club members. Expansion of small mammal trapping to other approved areas (Sanford Woodlot, Baker Woodlot, and Inland Lakes site) is a possibility as well.
The DNR has requested our assistance in monitoring the long term effects and success of management actions enacted at Rose Lake- specifically at a wetland called the Orange Flooding. We will conduct plant, animal, and herp surveys before and after lowering water levels and document the changes over a 25 year period. The focus species of this project (as per DNR requirements when conducting habitat manipulations) are Wood Ducks and Mallards. Our committee will develop the project and all club members will conduct the surveys (with the help of other clubs as well). Our first analysis will occur in late April and repeat each semester.
Peregrine Falcon nest box

Dog Park
Meridian Township is proposing to convert a natural area into a dog park and we have been asked to analyze the vegetation and wildlife present and sum up the potential impacts if the plan were to go through. Chris Long has spearheaded this project and these are his notes.
Genelle Uhrig · 756 weeks ago
They ask for volunteers to search for herps in 3 mi. by 3 mi. blocks. I will email the Atlas Coordinator and see if our research on the Red Cedar would be valuable to their project. Maybe we could eventually expand the area we are researching for the long term.
Callie · 755 weeks ago
Aneta Peterson · 749 weeks ago
One of her graduate students, Jo Latimore, has done a lot of research on macro invertebrates in the river, so we'd be able to get some information from her, and then there was a website that had done research in this area too, and I think it had a lot of background information too on it, but I don't know the name of it yet, but I'll get the name when I talk to Dr. Kline again.
I guess I'll set up a time soon to get the ecoli and other information that Dr. Kline has on a disc or something, and then we can go through it after break?
Another website which she didn't know would be helpful or not was mywatershed.org, they have been doing research on storm water management, so it's there if we want to use it.
Genelle Uhrig · 748 weeks ago