The Snapshot NY program, a collaboration between the NYSDEC and Cornell University, seeks volunteers to set up trail cameras for monitoring wildlife populations in New York. It prioritizes species like black bears and bobcats, while also collecting data on other mammals and birds. Joelee Tooley, the program's coordinator, highlights the project's aim to cover previously unmonitored areas, enhancing data collection for better wildlife management decisions. The initiative involves public participation, providing an opportunity for residents to contribute to conservation efforts by using or borrowing trail cameras to capture images of local wildlife.
We're expanding into areas that have never been monitored like this before, eventually, we'd like to have thousands of cameras, which will give us a lot of statistical power to detect changes in population trends over time.
It's a great opportunity to be more involved as a citizen, by providing data that aids in the kind of decision process that the state makes to manage wildlife.
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