Owl Team
Owl Team
What We're Working on Now
We are currently finishing up our 4th and final round of owl surveys for the entire owl buffer area. We are also working on pinning down a couple of "mystery owls" that we have detected during our night surveys. We have yet to identify these birds and to determine which territories they reside. We have also started sampling vegetation in some of the future SPLAT treatment areas on the Eldorado National Forest.
Updates
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Description
The wildlife team focuses on two species: the Pacific Fisher (Martes pennanti), and the California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis). Both groups will be monitoring their target species through the life of the SNAMP project: the CA Fisher in the southern site; and the Spotted Owl in the northern site.
Researchers
Primary Investigator
Rocky Gutiérrez
Rocky Gutiérrez is a Professor of Forest Wildlife in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota. His research centers on game bird ecology, endangered species conservation, habitat ecology, and sustainable wildlife management strategies.
Staffers
Doug is Project Manager with the owl team.
Sheila is a assistant project leader with the owl team. She is from the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota.
The study areas were selected prior to the participation of the owl team. They were selected on the basis of ...