{"id":7604,"date":"2013-03-05T12:10:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T17:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/?page_id=7604"},"modified":"2014-11-17T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T21:35:08","slug":"connecting-for-wildlifesurveying","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/connecting-for-wildlife\/connecting-for-wildlifesurveying\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting for Wildlife>Surveying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/8156608688_2f511fc3f7_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/8156608688_2f511fc3f7_b.jpg\" alt=\"CC image courtesy of Donjd2 on Flickr\" width=\"432\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BEAT has teamed with state agencies and experts in the field of Transportation Ecology to refine Washington State&#8217;s Department of Transportation&#8217;s (WSDOT) Passageway Assessment Protocol\u00a0(Kintsch and Cramer, 2011) \u00a0and The Nature Conservancy&#8217;s (TNC-NY) Gunks-Catskills Passage Assessment Protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The product is Connecting for Wildlife&#8217;s Passage Assessment Protocol (PAS), a survey document intended to guide volunteers, biologists, and transportation planners through assessing attributes of road segments pertinent to transportation ecology.<\/p>\n<p>A link to the googledocs form can be found here:\u00a0<a title=\"Connecting for Wildlife's Passage Assessment Protocol\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1XAz4LV1Q43VbxT02C17krVGwI2Bl1pS_n-g2TKDchGc\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1XAz4LV1Q43VbxT02C17krVGwI2Bl1pS_n-g2TKDchGc\/viewform<\/a>.\u00a0In the Spring and Summer of 2013 trained surveyors will enter the field to fill out hard copies of the PAS. \u00a0These documents will be reviewed, refined, and entered into a cloud based database. Results will guide action plans at respective study sites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0112-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0112\" width=\"334\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to surveying infrastructure BEAT will also work with its affiliate the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkshirewildlifetrackers.org\/\">Berkshire Wildlife Trackers (BWT) <\/a>to track wildlife along identified crossing sites. BWT maintains a pool of seasoned and certified wildlife trackers that regularly take to the hills of the Berkshires in search of critters. 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