As the season changes and weather gets colder, how do the animals of the Adirondack Park in upstate New York prepare for the tough winter ahead? Learn about the different survival mechanisms of a pileated woodpecker, porcupine, and baby coywolf, and how climate change could impact these animals’ survival strategies.
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Surviving Winter: Animal Adaption Strategies | Mountain Lake Journal
Grades 6-12
Join naturalist Mark Fraser on a nature walk to see how the animals of the Adirondack Park in upstate New York prepare for the tough winter ahead and explore how climate change could impact these survival strategies. Learn about the different survival mechanisms of animals in winter as we meet several different inhabitants of the Adirondack forest, including a pileated woodpecker, a porcupine, and a baby coywolf. This resource can be used as a case study in a climate change or animal adaption unit, and consists of supplementary documents and sources about how climate change is affecting animals who live in colder climates.
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