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Tag: Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark
Critter Crossings
The Nature Conservancy and the New York State Department of Transportation are teaming up on a new pilot program that hopes to protect wildlife in the Adirondacks with walkways that run underneath dangerous highways. A walkway has been installed inside a culvert on NYS Route 12 in Alder Creek in the Western Adirondacks to help…
Bonus Interview with Alissa Rafferty
Watch our bonus clip with Alissa Rafferty on other TNC projects to connect and protect habitats of wildlife in Adirondacks.
Interview with Director of Zoology and Conservation, Nathalie Santerre [bonus clip]
Parc Safari’s Director of Zoology and Conservation, Nathalie Santerre gives us more information about the recently born cheetah cubs, named Mosi and Jelanie, and hear about conservation programs Nathalie and other zoologists hope will help keep the cheetah from becoming extinct. This summer we here at Mountain Lake PBS aired a special series called “RARE:…
Moose Poop Sniffing Dogs
One of those programs in the Adirondacks is a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society using specially trained dogs to help track moose in the Adirondack Park. Dogs, like those that can sniff out bombs or drugs, are helping biologists by using their incredible sense of smell to find moose poop or skat. Researchers explain…
Cheetah Cubs
Two cheetah cubs, the first ever born in Quebec, have become celebrities on Facebook, and will get to meet visitors at the Parc Safari Wildlife Reserve in Hemmingford, Quebec beginning September 1st. The cubs, born in captivity in May, are part of a breeding program zoologists hope will help to restore the cheetah population worldwide,…
Parc Safari’s Director of Zoology and Conservation
Parc Safari’s Director of Zoology and Conservation, Nathalie Santerre, joins us this week to talk about putting the cubs on display at the zoo in two weeks, as well as the plight of cheetahs around the world and efforts to add them to the Endangered Species List. The cubs will be on display through the…
RARE: Conservation Efforts in the Adirondacks at the Adirondack Research Consoritium Conference
RARE: Conservation Efforts in the Adirondacks at the Adirondack Research Consoritium Conference was held in Lake Placid, NY to discuss to discuss efforts to help threatened and endangered species. These are some of the projects that conservation groups are working on this summer to help wildlife in the Adirondacks. From testing the iconic common loon…
Wildlife Defenders
There are dedicated scientists & researchers working here in the Adirondack Park to help protect threatened and endangered wildlife. For decades, The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation in Saranac Lake has been documenting the impact mercury pollution is having on one of the Adirondack’s iconic symbols, the Common Loon. Our Jack LaDuke tagged along on…
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