Conservation in New York State
Northern Adirondack forest floor featuring bunchberry, Cornus canadensis.
We are fortunate to live so close to the Adirondack Park, which has been designated as "forever wild" (New York State constitution, 1895). At ESF (and through our lab) there are many opportunities to contribute to conservation efforts in the Park and throughout New York State. ESF also has many avenues for community interaction, including the Adirondack Ecological Center.
Even more locally, one of the species we are most interested in from a conservation perspective is the Chittenango ovate amber snail, Novisuccinea chittenangoensis. This snail is known only from a single waterfall in central New York, and is an endangered species managed in part by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). To learn more about this unique snail, check out the DEC's website. If you are a student interested in learning more about this project, please contact me.
Please check out our NPR stories here and here. Our project has also been featured in The New York Times.
Even more locally, one of the species we are most interested in from a conservation perspective is the Chittenango ovate amber snail, Novisuccinea chittenangoensis. This snail is known only from a single waterfall in central New York, and is an endangered species managed in part by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). To learn more about this unique snail, check out the DEC's website. If you are a student interested in learning more about this project, please contact me.
Please check out our NPR stories here and here. Our project has also been featured in The New York Times.
Lead Technician Cody Gilbertson (M.S., Rundell Lab)) with Robyn Niver, our U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Biologist, working on the Chittenango ovate amber snail ("COAS"), pictured here at Chittenango Falls.
A wild Chittenango ovate amber snail ("COAS"), a rare terrestrial snail that lives only near Chittenango Falls in central NY.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist John Wiley with volunteer "Snailblazers," working on the mark-recapture study of the endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail.
Chittenango ovate amber snail "Crawl-On Snail" for an endangered species exhibit at Syracuse's Rosamond Gifford Zoo (partners on the COAS project with USFWS). This amazingly accurate sculpture was created by artist Kate Woodle (Photo: K. Woodle).
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