I have seen a young fellow walking along the Causeway looking for dead animals. What is he doing?
Adam Wilson is a young scientist who was hired by the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation (LPWBRF) with funding assistance from Environment Canada’s Science Horizons program. Wilson has been patrolling the 3.5 kilometre Causeway three times per week since July 1, taking note of any dead animals on the road and shoulders. If he can’t identify the roadkill, he scrapes the remains off the pavement and bags and tags it for later identification. Adam is working with Scott Petrie of the Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund, which stores the animal remains in freezers at Bird Studies Canada until they can been identified. Wilson’s monitoring program is following the same methodology as used in previous studies so that the results can be compared. So far, it appears that the number of animals killed on the road is lower than in previous years, especially in the fenced-off area.
