Glenside Ecological Services Limited

Initiated media campaign to promote awareness of bats and white nose syndrome, and to stimulate observation reporting;
Coordinated and conducted site visits to private properties with active bat populations;
Conducted 3 night inventories of properties using full spectrum ultrasonic bat recorders (Wildlife Acoustic SM2+ and SM4 FS);
Analyzed bat spectrograms using Sonobat software to identify species presence/absence and relative activity levels;
Determined bat species distribution and representation at the landscape level.

Researched habitat preferences of 27 Species at Risk;
Compiled available spatial data and conducted data gap analysis;
Developed new wetland coverage for habitat models;
Developed habitat suitability models to predict probability of occurrences and scope field assessments;
Conducted statistical analyses to determine significance of correlations between known occurrences and habitat suitability models.

Conducted a desktop analysis of spatial data to identify suitable habitat for the Wood Turtle, Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Common Five-lined Skink and Peregrine Falcon;
Cross-referenced habitat with parcel fabric to identify landowners and contacted to obtain access permission
Conducted Wood Turtle inventories of selected rivers in accordance with OMNRf standardized survey protocol;
Verified Peregrine Falcon nesting habitat and conducted boat surveys to determine presence of resident Peregrine Falcons;
Conducted field inventories of suitable habitat for the Eastern Hog-nosed Snake and Common Five-lined Skink;
Geo-referenced and photo-documented Species at Risk observations and delineated newly identified populations.

Designed study to determine presence of turtles at risk in proximity of proposed development;
Conducted spatial review of NHIC database to identify previously documented turtles at risk;
Identified and delineated wetlands and typed to Ecological Land Classification - Community Series;
Scope project based on range lengths of subject turtles;
Conducted field investigations and geo-referenced turtle observations;
Monitored effort and produced report detailing methodology and results.

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