Wildlife Research and Recovery

We are involved in groundbreaking research, conservation and recovery of wildlife throughout the Americas. We develop long-term, collaborative conservation initiatives that utilize a diverse array of scientific tools to understand and protect species and their ecosystems. Effective wildlife conservation requires detecting and heading the warning signs before species become endangered. We take a three-pronged approach. First, we monitor wildlife populations to help detect early warning signs of impending problems. We research potential threats to wildlife populations before they are endangered. And we address the immediate needs of wildlife that are threatened and endangered though intensive research and management.

Projects

Vermont Loon Recovery Project

Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project

Forest Bird Monitoring Program

Vermont Wildlife Atlas Projects

Canada Warbler Breeding Biology

Bobolink Wintering Ecology in South America

Vermont Nest Records Program

Salamander Emigration Study

Effects of 1998 Ice Storm on Breeding Birds

Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Neotropical Migrant Bird Stopover Habitat Survey

Bird Migration Banding Station at Bragdon Preserve

Biological Inventories
We provide public and private land owners and managers with comprehensive, scientifically-based information about the nature and status of biological resources. These inventories also lay the groundwork necessary to develop effective monitoring programs and to formulate resource management and protection stategies.

VINS Quechee Nature Center
White Mountain Alpine Butterflies (PDF, 2.2 Mb)
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge:
West Mountain Wildlife Management Area Breeding Birds (PDF,330 Kb)
Calling Frog Survey, Nulhegan Basin Division and West Mountain Mangement Unit (PDF, 750 Kb)
Breeding landbird survey at the Putney Mountain Management Unit