ATC Mega-Transect Wildlife Survey
Seeking 4
"teams" (#1 - #4) of ~2 persons each. Each team will be responsible
for inserting three (3) cameras at designated locations about 2
kilometers apart (GPS needed, not provided) one month (on the designated
weekend) and recovering them with the subsequent team the following month; so
each team requires 2 trips to the trail ~ 4 weeks apart. This return of
the "old" team to recover the cameras accomplishes two purposes: it
returns the team that inserted each camera to the site to locate the camera
(finding the cameras can be a problem); and it permits the "experienced
team" to assist the new team with camera location and set-up. It also
provides the potential to leave one vehicle at the start location and another
at the end location to support "thru hikes versus circuits". Instructions
will be provided on the cameras; set-up, downloading/uploading pictures, along
with the coordination of locations for each survey site.
Team 1: positions cameras [surveying a section of the AT from around the Fish
Hatchery north to around
Team 2: Recovers cameras with team 1 & positions them [surveying a section
of the AT from around
Team 3: Recovers cameras with team 2 & positions them [surveying the
southern half of the TATC section of the AT] on 19 or 20 July [Mid- Summer
maintenance weekend] .and with Team 4 repositions them on 16 or 17 August.
Team 4: Recovers cameras with team 3 & positions them [surveying the
northern half of the TATC section of the AT] on 16 or 17 August and with Team 5
recovers them on 13 or 14 September. Team 5 turns over the cameras to the
Contact Kevin Brandt; 757-927-2216, if interested in participating