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FUNDING
We would like to thank the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education program, the
New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, and the Dorr Foundation for providing the funding to the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks for the development and
dissemination of the Science on the Fly! curriculum. Additional support for ACLP’s loon migration research and Science on the Fly! curriculum was provided by the partnering organizations of the Adirondack
Cooperative Loon Program including: Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
Wildlife Conservation Society
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
BioDiversity Research Institute of Gorham, Maine
Audubon Society of New York State ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many individuals and organizations have contributed to the development and implementation of the Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program’s loon migration research and Science on the Fly! curriculum. We are very grateful
to Kevin Kenow, of the United States Geological Service’s Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center for developing the transmitter implantation technique, interpreting the research and for providing guidance with
transmitter implantation in the Adirondack
 loons; to R. Kratt of the USGS for developing the on-line maps; to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for their State Wildlife grant to NYSDEC that funded the transmitters; and to
WCS’s veterinary staff for assisting in implanting the birds with the transmitters.
We are especially indebted to Valerie Trudeau, former Education Development Director of the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks for her inspirational and enthusiastic guidance in the initial development of Science on
the Fly! We are also extremely grateful to T. Charles and the staff of Ad Workshop, Inc. of Lake Placid for their creative and innovative efforts to successfully translate our
preliminary ideas into the unique and entertaining Science on the Fly! website. We also thank A. Hyson and C. Spilman for their creative
contributions to the development of the site.
 We are deeply appreciative to J. Timmis of North Country Nature for the many weeks he spent
gathering astoundingly beautiful footage of common loons to provide video clips for both the DVD and website. The Science on the Fly! video was the brainchild of Crystal Charland, who also stars as the IICI (“Institute for the Insanely Curious Incorporated”) scientist. We thank both Crystal and Rick Godin of
Rick Godin Productions for their many long hours of creativity to put together this fun and educational video. The Science on the Fly! video was produced by Rick
Godin Productions and the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks. We are also grateful to the many people who participated in the making of this video, including:
D. Adams
R. Andrews
M. Bashant
C. Bencze
B. Coon
C. Charland and the Charland family
Dr. D. Evers
Dr. M. Glennon
K. Kenow
Dr. J. McIntyre |
F. Realbuto
A. Sauer
Dr. N. Schoch
Dr. K Smith
M. Smith
M. St. Pierre
N. Teetz
J. Timmis, North Country Nature
K. and V. Trudeau
B. and N. Zurek |
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