Cara Appel

I am realizing that we've done a poor job at communicating how important the fired federal scientists and managers are. These are the people who manage our fisheries, wildlife, endangered species recovery, aquaculture production, agricultural productivity, water and air quality/1

@masonfidino Yes, that all makes sense -- thanks!

@cl_appel Great question though. Your idea is 100% something people should consider doing if there is variable sampling within their discretized survey unit (e.g., weeks).

I decided to restart my ecological stats blog posts. Check out this new one on why you should probably stop using the number of survey days as a covariate in occupancy models. Check it out! masonfidino.com/camera_days/

Fun fact: the name for a baby porcupine is a porcupette. They have soft quills when they are born, but they grow stronger every day. Once they grow up, they’ll have 30,000 quills, which help them defend against predators and stay warm! Photo by @glacierbaynps

Beautiful feature on Western Spotted Skunks in the temperate rainforests of Oregon. A few years ago, we knew almost nothing about them. youtube.com/watch?v=7wKEnw…

Meet Dakota - the first North American porcupette (baby porcupine) to be born via c-section. When mom Maizey wasn't laboring on her own, our wildlife care team decided to perform a c-section, saving the lives of both mom and Dakota. Read more: sdzoo.com/maizeys-miracle

We are gearing up for the 6th annual Snapshot USA national mammal survey this fall and have some camera kits to loan out. Please apply or spread the news. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@taaltree Totally agree. Can USFWS mandate this, though? Or is it just up to individual researchers or agencies to propose something?

One change I'd like to see with the next phase of Barred Owl removal is to collect pre and post removal data at removal and control sites so that we can use this as an experiment to assess the ecosystem-level impact of Barred Owls. Really has to be done! apnews.com/article/shooti…

@RyanKBrook @WILDLABSNET Was this the case previously? The MegaDetector model and code are available for folks to use on their own computers. The images don't need to be uploaded anywhere.

This week's Inventory spotlight is MegaDetector, an AI model that detects humans, vehicles, and animals in camera trap data. Do you have any experience using MegaDetector (or another conservation tech tool)? Leave a review on The Inventory! wildlabs.net/inventory/prod…

In 2019, we set 10 camera traps from 65-90m in the crown of the world's tallest tropical tree, with no real idea whether they'd get anything at all They did 🤩 ... 🧵 #Borneo #RainforestGiants

@michaelprocko @Tulalip_Tribes @waDNR @WDFW @WAStatePks @forestservice awesome work!

Recreation may be at odds with tribal treaty rights to harvest elk in western WA. @Tulalip_Tribes are actively working with co-managers at @waDNR, @WDFW, @WAStatePks, and @forestservice to improve recreation & wildlife management in WA. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4… (end 🧵)

🚨 New open access publication! 🚨 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4… (🧵 below)

excited to share Seattle birds with folks from CVPR tomorrow! 🦅

@sarameghanbeery thank you for organizing! ❤️

It was awesome to see so many members of the #AIforConservation community in one place last night!! Thanks to everyone who joined for making this such a successful event 💚💚💚

Acoustic individual identification, or "AIID" has the potential to open new frontiers in ecological & evolutionary research. We reviewed & synthesized studies that identify individuals in acoustic recordings ("AIID") and make some recommendations for next steps! 1/n

Are you coming to @CVPR? Do you like birds? Do you like walks? @oisinmacaodha @Grant_Van_Horn @juliachae_ @cl_appel and I are hosting the FOURTH #CVBirdWalk this Thursday morning! All are welcome to join - birding experience and/or CVPR registration not necessary 😁

@Rev_Gabelicious @TroubadourSword I am so confused by this but thank you for cleaning it up 😬

Hey @cl_appel and @TroubadourSword I found this in the tub. All cleaned up now, but not really sure how one of them made that three-pointer.

Cactus Jack is back #whiteporcupine

Like working with camera trap pictures and data? join the #SnapshotUSA team this year Aug-Feb @NationalZoo in Front Royal VA

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