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Learn more about the wildlife and habitats
in the Adirondack Park! Through observation of its unique vocalizations and
behaviors, you will gain a better appreciation of this beautiful and unique
symbol of the wilderness and the northern lakes, as well as understand how
different factors affect both individual birds and the population as a
whole.
To volunteer for the Adirondack
Cooperative Loon Program, please e-mail our Program Manager at
aclp2-prgm-mgr@juno.com or call us at (518) 891-8836. Volunteer
opportunities include: monitoring banded loons, participating in the
annual census, reconnaissance, and conducting
education programs.
ASNY's "Loon Ranger" Monitoring Project
Volunteers are also invited to participate
as "Loon Rangers" for the Audubon Society of New York State's New York Loon
Conservation Project (NYLCP) which has been observing Common Loon
populations and promoting education about loons and efforts to protect their
populations since 1987. ASNY volunteers, known as "Loon Rangers",
participate in breeding loon surveys and an annual breeding loon census.
Results of annual monitoring by ASNY volunteers on selected lakes within the
Adirondack Park indicate that the breeding population of Common Loons in the
Park has continued to increase since the population survey conducted by the
NYS DEC in the 1980's.
ASNY Loon Rangers report on:
- Loon productivity
- Shoreline development
- Nest raft usage/success
- Loon mortality
- Human activity/disturbance
For more information about ASNY’s Loon Ranger Program,
contact:
New York Loon Conservation Project
c/o Audubon Society of New York State, Inc.
46 Rarick Rd.
Selkirk, NY 12158
Telephone: 518-767-9051, ext. 11
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