WOG-513 1 |
Previous | 1 of 12 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
W I L D L I F E • O • G R A M Continued on next page. Employee Newsletter of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation May 2013 CONTENTS Commission Summary.......... 3 2 Decades of Winging It ����� 6 Game Bag.......................... 7 LOYAL Grad True................ 8 Reelin’ in the Years............12 KELLY ADAMS By Kelly Adams (IE) and Don P. Brown (IE) Surveyors seek species at Cross Timbers ABOVE: Alex Rizzo (W) places a Sherman trap baited with peanut butter and oats in hopes of catching a rodent during a recent species survey at Cross Timbers WMA. LEFT: A Strecker’s chorus frog was found on the survey, the first time that species has been documented in Love County. KELLY ADAMS Knowing what species are present in a particular area is important both now and in the future. To that end, a team of ODWC employees is engaged in a year-long species survey of the Cross Timbers Wildlife Management Area in Love County. The effort is being organized by the Wildlife Diversity Program, including Mark Howery (W). “We’re not just going on bird-watch-ing trips,” Howery said. “The point is to document the presence or absence of species and their relative abundance in ways that can be repeated over time to detect broad changes in populations.” He said ideally, surveyors can return in 10 or 20 years to the same area to see if they find any dramatic differenc-es in the species present in the area. The Cross Timbers species survey is the first such survey in quite a few years. From 2002 to 2005, he said species surveys were conducted on Beaver River, Sandy Sanders, Spavi-naw and Pushmataha WMAs. But over time, the survey team fell apart. Now, a new survey team has been assembled. Department employees helping with the species surveys include Melynda Hickman (W), Alex Rizzo (W), Buck Ray (F), Curtis Tack-ett (F), Rachel Bradley (IE) and Kelly Adams (IE). Howery’s goal is to conduct at least six surveys on the site during the calendar year: February, March, April, May, June. Then one in July or August, and finally one in the fall. He said he makes it a point not to conduct any surveys during important times when hunters are likely to be using the area. Cross Timbers potentially contains about 200 vertebrate species within its 8,200 acres west of Marietta, Howery said. The survey team attempts to document the various birds, fish, am-phibians, small and large mammals by using techniques that can be repeated later, such as setting out traps for a specific amount of time. Even though these surveys are not intended as a way to develop manage-ment strategy, Howery said the area biologists and technicians can play a big part in the survey’s success. He said the area’s field personnel can provide a lot of information about the area being surveyed, even though
Object Description
Description
Title | WOG-513 1 |
Full text | W I L D L I F E • O • G R A M Continued on next page. Employee Newsletter of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation May 2013 CONTENTS Commission Summary.......... 3 2 Decades of Winging It ����� 6 Game Bag.......................... 7 LOYAL Grad True................ 8 Reelin’ in the Years............12 KELLY ADAMS By Kelly Adams (IE) and Don P. Brown (IE) Surveyors seek species at Cross Timbers ABOVE: Alex Rizzo (W) places a Sherman trap baited with peanut butter and oats in hopes of catching a rodent during a recent species survey at Cross Timbers WMA. LEFT: A Strecker’s chorus frog was found on the survey, the first time that species has been documented in Love County. KELLY ADAMS Knowing what species are present in a particular area is important both now and in the future. To that end, a team of ODWC employees is engaged in a year-long species survey of the Cross Timbers Wildlife Management Area in Love County. The effort is being organized by the Wildlife Diversity Program, including Mark Howery (W). “We’re not just going on bird-watch-ing trips,” Howery said. “The point is to document the presence or absence of species and their relative abundance in ways that can be repeated over time to detect broad changes in populations.” He said ideally, surveyors can return in 10 or 20 years to the same area to see if they find any dramatic differenc-es in the species present in the area. The Cross Timbers species survey is the first such survey in quite a few years. From 2002 to 2005, he said species surveys were conducted on Beaver River, Sandy Sanders, Spavi-naw and Pushmataha WMAs. But over time, the survey team fell apart. Now, a new survey team has been assembled. Department employees helping with the species surveys include Melynda Hickman (W), Alex Rizzo (W), Buck Ray (F), Curtis Tack-ett (F), Rachel Bradley (IE) and Kelly Adams (IE). Howery’s goal is to conduct at least six surveys on the site during the calendar year: February, March, April, May, June. Then one in July or August, and finally one in the fall. He said he makes it a point not to conduct any surveys during important times when hunters are likely to be using the area. Cross Timbers potentially contains about 200 vertebrate species within its 8,200 acres west of Marietta, Howery said. The survey team attempts to document the various birds, fish, am-phibians, small and large mammals by using techniques that can be repeated later, such as setting out traps for a specific amount of time. Even though these surveys are not intended as a way to develop manage-ment strategy, Howery said the area biologists and technicians can play a big part in the survey’s success. He said the area’s field personnel can provide a lot of information about the area being surveyed, even though |
Date created | 2013-10-03 |
Date modified | 2013-10-03 |