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image above shows deer activity for antlered, antlerless and fawns in Iowa and
Sawyer Counties from June 1 - September 7. In both counties, antlered
deer observations increased into late summer and early fall consistent with the
rut. In future seasons when more data are available, we expect to see even
stronger rutting and breeding behavior. Fawn activity peaked in early summer
around July 1 in Iowa County but only started increasing in Sawyer County in
August. In the future, we will be sure to test whether using earlier vs. later
photos influences our fawn-to-doe estimates (which so far include only August
2016 data).
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Dr. Benjamin Zuckerberg is an
assistant professor and avian ecologist in the Department of Forest and
Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Zuckerberg began
studying birds during his undergraduate years, and went on to receive his M.S.
in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation from the University of Massachusetts -
Amherst and Ph.D. in Ecology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. It was during his dissertation research that Dr. Zuckerberg became
fascinated with how birds are responding to modern climate change and
widespread habitat loss. He spent three years as a research scientist in the
citizen science program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology before joining the
faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a strong advocate for the role of
the general public in collecting data on animal populations, and believes that
these citizen science programs are essential understanding of how species and
natural communities are responding to changes in the environment. Originally
from Brooklyn, New York, Ben and his family arrived to Wisconsin six years ago
and enjoys taking walks with his daughters and the stimulating atmosphere of
working at one of the top research universities in the world. |
Snapshot Wisconsin is now open in 3 additional counties! Marinette, Oneida and St. Croix counties opened today for general enrollment. We are looking for trail camera hosts who have access to at least 10 acres of private land in these three counties. Please visit our application page to signup to participate as a trail camera host. If you have previously applied from one of these counties we will be in touch soon with more details about training opportunities. We hope to offer training in April or May in these new counties depending upon volunteer enrollment. We are also still accepting applications from trail camera hosts in our previously opened counties which include: Dodge, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Manitowoc, Racine, Sawyer, Vernon and Waupaca.
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The Snapshot Wisconsin Team will be traveling to Viroqua this week to offer our first in person training sessions in Vernon County. If you are a trail camera host located in the western half of the state and haven't completed training yet please check your email for an invitation to this training session.
Since our volunteers are located around the state it can be a challenge for our small Snapshot Wisconsin team to get to each county, particularly those counties that have been open for several months and may only have a few untrained volunteers waiting for a training session. If you are willing to travel to a training session in a nearby county please let us know.
We hope to offer a training session at our office in Madison later this month or early in April for volunteers who live locally. Please watch for an email about that or get in touch with us via email if you would like to attend a Madison training session.
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Season 4 on Zooniverse is nearly completed! Log on soon to help finish up this season of photos. |
There have been a few news articles recently that mention Snapshot Wisconsin. Please check the links below for more details.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Deer, CWD and Predator study underway in SW Wisconsin, by Paul Smith
Ravalli Republic: Camera traps shed new light on wildlife biology, by Rob Chaney.
Phys.Org: Research shows importance of remote cameras as biodiversity tools.
We will share one awesome animal photo each month. To enter one of your favorites from a Snapshot Wisconsin camera please send the image as a jpeg attachment with the animal classification, county location and date taken along with the reason why you love the image to DNRSnapshotWisconsin@wisconsin.gov.
This month's image of a Raccoon was captured on an Iowa County trail camera last July.
Contact Information for Snapshot Wisconsin
Phone: 608-572-6103
Participate on Zooniverse: www.SnapshotWisconsin.org
Find out more details on our webpage:
dnr.wi.gov Keyword "Snapshot Wisconsin
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