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Guess Who's Coming to your Backyard
Guess Who’s Coming to Your Backyard
Did you ever wonder about the critters that visit your backyard in the dead of night? Join Lake County Audubon Society for Dr. Seth Magle’s presentation on Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Program. His power point program will take place on Monday, February 6 at 7:30 pm in the Libertyville Village Hall, 118 W. Cook Street. Dr. Magle, an Urban Wildlife Ecologist at the Zoo, will detail how a four county, 30 mile radius, network of cameras is being used to study the effect of urbanization on wildlife.
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Utilizing Lincoln Park Zoo’s diverse scientific specialties, the Urban Wildlife Institute studies the interaction between urban development and the natural ecosystem to develop scientific standards for minimizing conflict between these overlapping areas. Landscape ecology, population biology, epidemiology, endocrinology, veterinary medicine and other core disciplines contribute to an increased understanding of ecosystem health in an urban setting.
The Urban Wildlife Institute aims to use Chicago as a model for urban areas struggling to deal with wildlife relocation, rehabilitation, disease and conflicts and is forming partnerships with local nature and conservation organizations and conducting pilot studies into ecosystem health and human-wildlife interaction.
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Seth strongly believes that if rare and imperiled species are to be conserved in our modern world, we must understand and mitigate all potential impacts of cities on wildlife. To that end, he engages in studies of urban wildlife that span a broad range of scientific disciplines, including behavioral ecology, conservation genetics, landscape ecology, environmental education and human dimensions of wildlife. His vision is to help create a world in which human-dominated ecosystems represent an important component of the worldwide conservation of biodiversity.
Members of the public are welcome to attend this hour and a half program. In addition to the program, birdhouses and feeders will be available for sale.
