Red-cockaded Woodpecker Translocation Project-Volunteer Opportunities 2010
Volunteers Needed for Woodpecker Translocation Project
•Volunteers needed to help to assist in the roosting and capture of endangered RCWs for the purpose of translocation to support species recovery.
•Volunteers will accompany myselfor other trained personnel to specified RCW clusters. Their main function will be to help determinewhich trees juvenile RCWs are roosting in.This could mean something as simple as standing near a specified tree and determining whether or not ANY RCW is roosting in the cavityto something as detailed as IDingthe target bird’s color band combination and following it to itsroost tree.The level of assistance isbased on experience and ability.
•Roosting will begin in September and continueuntil the final capture event which should take place no later than midOctober.
•Captures take place at sunset but roosting can be conducted at either sunrise or sunset.These events take approximately 2 hours.
•Volunteers are invited to participate for as many morning and/or evenings as they are available forroost checks.
•Non-Eglin employed volunteers will be escorted by trained biologist/field technicians.
•Trained, experienced Eglin and VT employees that can conduct work unescorted will have the opportunity to earn cash for their time.
•I will hold an orientation on Wednesday September 1stat Eglin’s Jackson Guard Natural Resource office in Niceville to discuss the project activities and needs and to provide maps, data and safety information. A second meeting will be held at a private residence on Sun Sept 12that 6:30pm for anyone not able to attend the 1stmeeting.
•Non Eglin-employed volunteers and volunteers not registered with Jackson Guard’s volunteer coordinator will be required to obtain a recreation permit from Eglin’s Jackson Guard office for $12. Contact Eglin’s Jackson Guard permit sales desk at 850-882-4166 or register as a volunteer with Erica Laine, erica.laine.ctr@eglin.af.mil
•Let me know as soon as possible if you are interested and what your availability may be so that I can begin coordinating a schedule
•Volunteers needed to help to assist in the roosting and capture of endangered RCWs for the purpose of translocation to support species recovery.
•Volunteers will accompany myselfor other trained personnel to specified RCW clusters. Their main function will be to help determinewhich trees juvenile RCWs are roosting in.This could mean something as simple as standing near a specified tree and determining whether or not ANY RCW is roosting in the cavityto something as detailed as IDingthe target bird’s color band combination and following it to itsroost tree.The level of assistance isbased on experience and ability.
•Roosting will begin in September and continueuntil the final capture event which should take place no later than midOctober.
•Captures take place at sunset but roosting can be conducted at either sunrise or sunset.These events take approximately 2 hours.
•Volunteers are invited to participate for as many morning and/or evenings as they are available forroost checks.
•Non-Eglin employed volunteers will be escorted by trained biologist/field technicians.
•Trained, experienced Eglin and VT employees that can conduct work unescorted will have the opportunity to earn cash for their time.
•I will hold an orientation on Wednesday September 1stat Eglin’s Jackson Guard Natural Resource office in Niceville to discuss the project activities and needs and to provide maps, data and safety information. A second meeting will be held at a private residence on Sun Sept 12that 6:30pm for anyone not able to attend the 1stmeeting.
•Non Eglin-employed volunteers and volunteers not registered with Jackson Guard’s volunteer coordinator will be required to obtain a recreation permit from Eglin’s Jackson Guard office for $12. Contact Eglin’s Jackson Guard permit sales desk at 850-882-4166 or register as a volunteer with Erica Laine, erica.laine.ctr@eglin.af.mil
•Let me know as soon as possible if you are interested and what your availability may be so that I can begin coordinating a schedule
Kristina Witter, Wildlife Biologist
Witter Wildlife Consulting, LLC
850.723.4014
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