Bethany Land Trust - Mendell's Folly

TEMJ 20029 - Beaver, Otter, Owl, Ceremonial Stonework, North American Wildlife Tracking Conference, Mammalian Monitoring, Native American

CAS Mammal Monitoring

I virtually met Linda Ruth at the CyberTracker event, as mentioned below. Linda noted that the Bethany Land Trust was collaborating with the CT Audubon Society (CAS) on a mammal monitoring event, on March 26^th. The organization has collected over 10 years of data at this site. The official purpose of the event is the monitoring of populations of half a dozen “focal species” on the Mendell’s Folly site.  The monitoring group is composed of fellow naturalists, former CT DEEP professionals, and educators. Our time together was spent observing, discussing and learning about the wild plants, mushrooms, birds, insects and other forest inhabitants found at Mendell’s Folly Preserve. Moreover, several of the members are wildlife biologists and are studying mammal tracks and sign. With an invitation from Linda to join this event, I could not resist. So on Saturday March 26^th, I joined the group for the Mendell’s Folly mammal monitoring hike.