The Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University will hold a 90 minute Vernal Pool Habitat Conservation webinar on February 15th from 5 to 6:30 pm.
This webinar will discuss conservation approaches needed to protect the critical habitat needed by pool-breeding amphibians.
Dr. Matt Schlesinger from the New York Natural Heritage Program, will share key findings from a recent study that investigated vernal pools across New York, including indicators of vernal pool significance for conservation of amphibian biodiversity at local and landscape scales.
Dr. Aram Calhoun from the University of Maine will explain a new, locally driven, voluntary vernal pool mitigation tool called the Maine Vernal Pool Special Area Management Plan (or SAMP) currently adopted by two Maine towns.