Alumnus Jack Buckley appointed Director of the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Alumnus Jack Buckley appointed Director of the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Courtesy of The Outdoor Wire Buckley Appointed Director of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Jack Buckley was recently appointed Director of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) by the Fisheries and Wildlife Board. Buckley has been with MassWildlife since 1988 as Deputy Director of Administration. "I am very grateful to the Board for giving me this extraordinary opportunity," said MassWildlife Director Jack Buckley. "While there are challenges ahead, I believe the future looks bright, and I look forward to working with hunters, anglers, trappers, environmentalists, and all citizens to fulfill our public trust responsibility to the people and natural resources of the Commonwealth." As a senior agency manager, Buckley has been directly involved with the development of fisheries and wildlife management and policy initiatives at MassWildlife. He has provided general management and research guidance to the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program; represented the Division's interest to the legislature; worked with various constituent groups to implement agency initiatives; supervised the Federal...
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Paul Sievert and Zara Dowling’s Research Using Ultrasonic Bat Signal to Warn Sensitive Species Away from Wind-Turbine Blades is Highlighted

Courtesy: UMass News and Media Relations UMass Amherst Researchers Developing Ultrasonic Bat Signal to Warn Sensitive Species Away from Wind-Turbine Blades   Contact: Patrick J. Callahan 413/545-0444 AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Texas A&M University is developing a blade-mounted, ultrasonic whistle for wind turbines that will protect bats by warning them to stay away. The UMass team will focus on designing and manufacturing of a whistle-like device based on a bat larynx, powered by air flowing over the wind turbine blade. Researchers plan to test the whistle design on bats and create a series of devices that can effectively induce a flight avoidance response for at-risk bat species. Ultimately, the goal is to provide a reliable, cost-effective means of alerting bats to the presence of moving turbine blades as a way to lower bat mortality at wind facilities and reduce regulatory uncertainty for wind facility developers. The project is funded by a $250,000 grant from the U.S....
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Michelle Staudinger and Toni Lyn Morelli release “Integrating Climate Change into the State Wildlife Action Plans”

Michelle Staudinger and Toni Lyn Morelli release “Integrating Climate Change into the State Wildlife Action Plans”

Courtesy of UMass News and Media Relations UMass Amherst Scientists Assist State Wildlife Managers with Conservation, Climate Science Data June 29, 2015 Contact: Janet Lathrop 413/545-0444 AMHERST, Mass. – State fish and wildlife agencies across the Northeast and Midwestare now updating their 10-year state wildlife action plans and climate change is a bigger concern than ever before. To help them gauge what’s ahead, scientists at the Northeast Climate Science Center (NECSC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today offer a report on response to climate change for hundreds of regional species of greatest conservation need. Authors Michelle Staudinger and Toni Lyn Morelli, both ecologists with U.S. Geological Survey, and adjunct faculty in the department of environmental conservation at UMass Amherst, with NECSC postdoctoral fellow Alexander Bryan released the report synthesizing the latest information on ecological vulnerability and species response to climate variation and change in the center’s 22-state area, which stretches from Maine to Minnesota in the west and south to Virginia. Species of greatest conservation...
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