Scott LaPoint

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_with_us

Good question: Here's Janey's response: We typically define soil macrofauna as >2mm but no size cutoff. I'm only considering invertebrate soil fauna.

Facilitating this funding program and the research it enables, is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. We look forward to learning from all of our recipients.

YouTube video by Wild Animals Inside the Kill: How (we think) Fishers Hunt Porcupines

Roger Powell and I review my best camera trap videos and try to figure out how the heck fishers can kill a porcupine.
youtu.be/Q3MR_N2ng84

Great video! And yes, that's a pretty high detection rate. Maybe combo of high density of high-protein prey and mating season? Plus, hemlocks are declining so maybe concentrating porcupines? Many questions!

Biennial Research Symposiums - Black Rock Forest The Hudson Highlands Research Symposium is a biennial event hosted by Black Rock Forest that showcases current research and scholarship from or pertinent to the Hudson Highlands region. The Symposium ...

Doing research in the #HudsonHighlands? Join our 14th biennial Research Symposium, June 23rd! We're seeking presenters in the fields of #ecology, natural history, #archaeology, technology, #biology! Learn more & submit your abstract by May 2nd here: www.blackrockforest.org/past-researc...

Yeah, check it out. I wrote a little article on our #camera #trapping efforts. #wildlife #ecology

Lost coyote?
Enjoyed our first good #snow tracking session. 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!

'Tis the season for #cameratrapping 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 #BlackRockForest yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork

David Redden Conservation Science Fund Small Grants Program - Black Rock Forest 2025 David Redden Conservation Science FundSmall Grants Program for Conservation Research at Black Rock Forest Grant awards of up to $10,000 will be made on a competitive basis to fund research […]

Please apply and share! #Funding! We're offering $10000 grants to do #research with #conservation application at #BlackRockForest. Send us your proposals: www.blackrockforest.org/david-redden... Deadline: January 26.