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COUNTRY ROADS
RIGHT: The invasive spotted
lanternfly has moved into some
Blue Ridge region states.
BELOW: The Hanging Rock
telemetry station in West Virginia
can monitor bird and butterfly
movement for up to 10 miles.
Good News from the Land.
Well, Mostly
West Virginia goes telemetric bird watching; North Carolina land next to Pisgah National Forest gets protected;
and the lanternfly threatens the region.
RICHARD BAILEY
S
tate biologists in West Virginia
have installed a radio telemetry
station at Hanging Rock in
Monroe County, joining a long-term,
global project to track the movement
of birds, butterflies and other migratory
species. The technology can pick
up individually distinct signals up to
10 miles away from animals that have
previously been tagged. The data is
fed into the global " Motus " system to
help build a landscape-scale pattern of
species movement. " The antennas we
installed can track a lot of cool things,
such as where an animal is flying and
how fast. We can know, down to the
second, when a roosting bird decides
to wake up and take flight, " says
Mack Frantz with the Division of Natural
Resources. Biologists will use the
data for optimal conservation strategies
for rare and threatened species.
wvdnr.gov/motus-migration-trackingsystem
The
Foothills Conservancy of
North Carolina in July purchased
118 acres in Caldwell County, to be
transferred to the adjacent Pisgah
National Forest. The project will increase
public access to Johns River
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for fishing and hiking. Spring wildflowers
are abundant on the tract-at
least 176 species are found here in addition
to 30 wildlife species, including
the little brown bat and tricolored
bat. Funding from philanthropists
Brad and Shelli Stanback and a grant
from the Alice Zawadski Land Conservation
Fund of the North Carolina
Native Plant Society made the purchase
possible. foothillsconservancy.org
One species that is decidedly
not rare or threatened but is
worrying to scientists-and farmers
and fruit-growers-is the spotted
lanternfly. First detected in the
U.S. in Pennsylvania in 2014, the
voracious butterfly originating in
the Far East has moved into Virginia,
West Virginia and states from
Maine to Oregon. It feeds on trees,
shrubs and crops, including grapes.
Farmers are using insecticides to try
to control severe infestations. (Check
with your local agriculture and
extension service to find out about
the lanternfly in your area.)
invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/
invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly
-CAT MCCUE
STEPHEN AUSMUS | USDA.GOV
http://www.USDA.GOV http://www.foothillsconservancy.org http://www.wvdnr.gov/motus-migration-tracking http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/ http://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM

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