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Shackled Waters: Illuminating the Movement to Breach the Lower Snake River Dams through Music, Story, and Song

Tags: dams, music, snake river, song, story

Environmental Vulnerability: City & Town of Newburgh, NY

The following maps display multiple variables of environmental vulnerability: impervious surface coverage, tree cover, heat islands, and flood hazard zones. The point of comparison is between those communities defined by NYSERDA to be disadvantaged,…

Path to Nature Stewardship: Creation and Implementation of a Multi-Sensory Nature Trail at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve to Promote Cognitive Development and Nature Positive Behavior in Young Children

Tags: cognitive development, nature trail, preserve, stewardship, young children

Effects of urbanization on the abundance and diversity of birds in wetland habitats

In this study, I examined the effects of urbanization on bird diversity and abundance on a local scale in Poughkeepsie, NY over time. Using a combination of active birding, automated song recorders, and previous research, I analyzed changes in bird…

Tags: acoustic monitoring, birds, diversity, song meters, species richness, wetlands

Land Cover at Wetland Sites in Poughkeepsie, NY

This is work for my thesis, in which I am examining the effects of urbanization on the abundance and diversity of birds in wetland habitats. I used the point count method to determine bird abundance and diversity at four wetland sites– Vassar Lake,…