Research

An innovative and adaptive mindset is critical in our rapidly changing world. We eagerly explore new ideas and approaches to address the existing and emerging challenges of land conservation. We use new approaches, technologies and techniques to improve mapping, monitoring, and data analysis to ensure effective conservation planning.

A summer exploring insects and spiders in Hudson

In February 2023, I received an email from my supervisor with the idea of conducting a survey to explore and catalogue the insects and spiders on protected properties that he was connected to: the Creek 53 Conservancy Trust. An offer to discover, document, and share knowledge about the diversity insects and spiders (known collectively as arthropods) in a region for which this information is unknown.

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Jumping spider - Salticidae - Araignée sauteuse

Creek 53 welcomes its first researcher

While some baseline data has been collected on the lands for some of the flora and fauna (e.g., birds, some amphibians and reptiles, some plants and trees) most of the biodiversity found at Creek 53 remains unknown. Having additional baseline information particularly about arthropod biodiversity on the land will be important and foundational to a conservation plan, and also helps better understand the importance of the watershed more generally.

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Image by Savannah Burroughs