The Madison Land Conservation Trust will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 pm in Memorial Town Hall. The keynote speaker will be Alyssa Borowske, of the University of Connecticut. Her topic is "A Tale of Two Sparrows: Life and Threats in the Salt Marsh." Tidal
marsh sparrows are uniquely adapted to living in coastal marshes.
There, they take advantage of abundant food and relatively little
competition from other species, yet must contend with high salinity and
daily and monthly tidal fluxes. While this unique environment has shaped
the daily lives and annual cycles of its avian inhabitants, issues
affecting coastal marshes, such as development, invasive species, and
climate change also threaten the species that rely upon these
ecosystems. This talk will focus on the ecology of Saltmarsh and Seaside sparrows--two species that breed in Connecticut's tidal marshes--and the conservation issues facing them.
Growing
up in Vermont, Alyssa became interested in birds and environmental
issues at a young age. She graduated from Cornell College, in Mt Vernon,
Iowa, before spending a year in New Zealand
on a Fulbright Fellowship. Alyssa is now in her fourth year as a PhD
candidate at the University of Connecticut. She spends most of her days
slogging around the marshes of Connecticut and South Carolina, catching Saltmarsh
and Seaside sparrows for her dissertation project on sparrow ecology
throughout the annual cycle. Her study areas include land trust property
in
Madison.
Madison Land Conservation Trust Annual Meeting
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Leslie S May 22, 2013 at 08:51 am
I'm so lucky!! For 10 years my dogs have frolicked safely in the back part of Bauer - away from the…Read More roads, traffic and homes - closer to the back of the HS. I have never heard any dogs bark or 'yap', never saw a dog run into the gardens and destroy the plots, never saw a dog fight or kids being assaulted and luckily avoided all the poop they are leaving behind although I do dodge the deer pellets. My timing must be stellar to avoid all the bad dogs, their dismal behavior and threats to others. Whew!!
JC May 22, 2013 at 08:47 am
The whole state is tick infested. Luckily, dogs can use a product called Frontline Top Spot or its…Read More cheaper generic equivalent, which completely protects them from ticks and fleas. On the shoreline to Middletown, you should be using it on your dog year round. I once saw a deer tick crawling on SNOW in Madison near the Country School in February. The Lyme vacine is ineffective in most canines and most canines that get Lyme, shake it off in time - unlike humans. Top Spot keeps the ticks off or dead for the humans that pet the dog.
Regardless, dogs running on cut grass some distance from woods or taller grass won't encounter many if any ticks. Especially if the outer perimeter of the fence is treated in spring and fall.