What Determines What Animals Can Live In A Region

Freedom to Roam is Patagonia's current ecology campaign. Its goal is to create, restore and protect corridors between habitats so animals tin can survive. Freedom to Roam wants to preserve and protect big wildways (or corridors) for large animals. But nosotros likewise want to assist all of us better understand what a corridor is, and what it means to animals that live near yous.

[Wildlife corridor sign in Central Park, New York. Photo: Tom Skeele]

So, we're kicking off Backyard Corridors: We want to hear from y'all almost what wildlife is roaming through your backyard, neighborhood or town – and what are some of the problems they face. Each week, we'll ask a different question about animals and corridors to aid get things started – our Patagonia stores volition have the questions posted too. Hither'due south the first question:

What wild fauna alive in your area?

You can share your stories in the comments on our web log, The Cleanest Line, or on Patagonia'due south Facebook page. Hither's i from Ron Hunter to become things started. Ron works for Patagonia's ecology section in our Reno Distribution Center.

Walking the Dog

It all started for us last December when my wife and I decided to go a dog. We headed down the hill from our home in Truckee to the Reno Animal Shelter and institute a stray with a bum correct rear leg and 1 of those white plastic cones strapped to her caput.

Ruby is some sort of a lab mix, about fifty lbs., a piddling needy, full of young dog energy and agape of thunder and lighting (what domestic dog isn't?). Anyway, nosotros rehabbed Ruby's leg over the winter and got into the routine of walking after piece of work in our neighborhood's greenbelt/open space. As it turns out, information technology isn't protected open space subsequently all, but I'll get to that in a infinitesimal.

Our walks accept u.s. through the forest (jeffrey pine and mixed fir) into an open meadow with a pocket-sized seasonal creek running through information technology. The more we walked, the more we saw. In the spring, squirrels and chipmunks, white headed woodpeckers and mountain bluebirds; in the summer, squirrels and chipmunks, great horned owls and mule deer, in the fall, squirrels, chipmunks and more deer. All in all, a pretty squeamish backyard.

Then nosotros institute out this 289 acres of open up infinite is destined to be developed in the most future. The proposed development could cause problems for many of the animals nosotros've seen. For case, the development could nearly eliminate the wildlife corridor used by the Loyalton Truckee deer herd for their winter and summer migration. This is the only major deer corridor left within the Town of Truckee.

A group of local residents organized themselves equally SOS Glenshire (Salve Open Space), made up of neighbors dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild lands. Non just are they talking to the developers, country trusts, and the town of Truckee, they created a Community Wildlife Sightings Project in 2008 to document wildlife sightings (which will be compiled with other sightings and research data in efforts to protect open spaces and wildlife). They take created a cool online site that lets usa record our wild animals sightings.

What will happen to the trees and meadows where we walk? Information technology's anyone'due south judge. I do know that we will keep to walk Ruby and spotter the animals that live in the backyard that belongs, non to us, merely to them.

[All photos past Ron Hunter]

For more info about the Community Wildlife Sightings Program visit www.sosglenshire.org.

Now it's your plough. What wild animals alive in your expanse? Please share your own story below, we'd love to hear from you lot. If you're posting on Facebook, feel free to include pictures.

Tune in side by side Mon for the second question in the serial as we continue our journey though Backyard Corridors.

Source: https://www.patagonia.com/stories/backyard-corridors-what-wild-animals-live-in-your-area/story-19635.html

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