| October 31, 2007 |
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Room 001, Boyd Science Center
Northern goshawk nesting habitat in New Hampshire
Large, wide-ranging avian predators such as the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) are keystone species in the matrix forests of northeastern US and Canada. The northern goshawk is designated as a species of greatest conservation concern in the NH Wildlife Action Plan because of its association with large tracts of forests and the rate at which forest habitat is being converted to other uses in this state. There is very little historical or contemporary data on the status, reproductive success, and nesting habitat of this raptor in New England. This information is essential for producing locally-based habitat management and conservation guidelines for this keystone species on public, private non-industrial, federal, and industrial forest lands. To address this information gap, biologists from the Northern Research Station have been locating nests, banding birds and describing habitat in the White Mountain National Forest region for several years and have recently expanded this effort to a state-wide level. This talk will discuss what we’ve learned so far about the nesting habitat of the northern goshawk in New Hampshire. Presented by: Christine Costello, Wildlife Biologist, US Forest Service Northeastern Research Station.
The Environmental Science Colloquium is presented by the Center for the Environment. More information about this presentation, and others, please visit the Center’s web site.
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