@scottlapoint.bsky.social Fisher fan, family man, and the Director of Research at Black Rock Forest.
Cornwall, New York, USA
Joined June 2014
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I'm hiring! Please share!
Join me this winter as a #wildlife #ecology technician. 6 months at $18/hr and subsidized housing available. Maintain a #cameratrap array, #bobcat and #fisher live trapping transects, and telemetry. More: blackrockforest.org/work_wit…
Just a few days left to apply! Applications due by midnight on January 26th.
Please apply and share! We're offering $10,000 grants to do #research here in the Forest 🌳with #conservation application. Send us your proposals: blackrockforest.org/david-re… Deadline: January 26. #Funding
Lost coyote?
Enjoyed our first good #snow tracking session inside @BRFConsortium. This #coyote seems to check out our kiosk. Low #animal activity, but scenic.
Congrats to the @NYSDOT on their $324k award from the #WildlifeCrossingsPilotProgram and happy to say I had a small part in it! This allows us to develop a toolkit for identifying #roadkill and #connectivity opportunities. Safer roads! I look forward to working with you all!
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PhD Position in Movement Ecology of Forest Elephants
Kays lab @NCState_FER @NaturalSciences
Starting Fall 2025
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'Tis the season for #cameratrapping at @BRFConsortium for me. Here's a nice sequence of a
#bobcat mother and nearly full-grown kitten. Atypically interested in the lure.
#wildlife
#ecology
Stumbled across this #Ambystoma maculatum while checking #cameratraps inside @BRFConsortium yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork
#Postdoc opp with me @BRFConsortium, @LamontEarth, and @AMNH on #wildlife #ecology and #conservation. Please share widely! Details here but also highly encouraged to contact me: blackrockforest.org/black-ro… #TWS2024
#Postdoc opp with me @BRFConsortium, @LamontEarth, and @AMNH on #wildlife #ecology and #conservation. Please share widely! Details here but also highly encouraged to contact me: blackrockforest.org/black-ro… #TWS2024
Apparently not a coyote tower of power. The coyotes failed to get the bait, but his crafty, bold #fox did!
I always enjoy talking about #fishers, @BRFConsortium, and #wildlife #connectivity! Thanks to Bill and Daniel
@FieldGuidesPod for making the trip. Go support their podcast: thefieldguidespodcast.com/ne…
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Another interesting article by @ben_a_goldfarb on one of the understudied linear #infrastructure behemoths outside: enough fencing to reach the sun! #wildlife #movements biographic.com/entangled/
#SnapShotUSA is an easy, fun way to contribute to large-scale #ecology research. Perfect for getting #students of all ages involved. 2024 season is coming up quick so go sign up and check out their loaner program.
Out now: new paper with our @sdlapoint and the #SnapShotUSA #cameratrap crew reveals climate is the best predictor of mammal abundance, followed by human population, agriculture, and hard-mast #tree abundance. The paper and data are free online! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
ALT An overview of our approach for mapping mammal communities across North America via detections with camera traps.
ALT A black bear investigates a camera trap inside Black Rock Forest.
ALT A white-tailed deer nursing three fawns near a Newburgh school.
Happy to see Hanna's hard work come out. Looking forward to learning more from her while she's here @BRFConsortium and beyond!
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#Birdfeeding can be an excellent winter pastime, but if you leave them out too long, you’ll attract hungry #bears in spring! Our #cameratraps suggest your 🐦 feeders are bear-safe between mid-January and mid-March, so you can avoid attracting 🐻 to your backyard.
ALT A lack of bears detected by our wildlife cameras suggests bears are dormant here January 11 – March 19.
ALT One of our Project FeederWatch feeders was damaged by a bear on March 30.
I really want to to dig more into these potential relationships. If you're looking for a #deer #ecology project or data, reach out! We can find #funding.
For nearly 40 years we've recorded several datasets on our #deer population, including #snowtracking surveys, regulated harvest, acorn counts, and now pellet counts and #cameratrap surveys. These datasets and more guide our forest management objectives.
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This fall we participated in #SnapShotUSA using our #cameratraps to document #mammal species in #Newburgh and #BlackRockForest. It was a great opportunity to help @newburghschools students see what lives around the @CityOfNewburgh, including #coyote, #bobcat, and #greyfox!
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Why give at year-end? RESEARCH!
Research is at the core of Black Rock Forest's mission: #Research, #Education & #Conservation. Help us meet our Year-End goals by supporting research and more with a donation today! 🔗app.etapestry.com/onlineform…
ALT Bobcat with GPS collar
ALT Students conducting research.
ALT Tree tagging for long term records.
ALT Bear caught on a wildlife camera.