Scott LaPoint
@scottlapoint.bsky.social
Fisher fan, family man, and the Director of Research at Black Rock Forest.
I'm hiring! Please share!
Join me this winter as a #wildlife #ecology technician. 6 months at $18/hr and subsidized housing available. Maintain a #cameratrap array, #bobcat and #fisher live trapping transects, and telemetry. More: blackrockforest.org/work_with_us
Join me this winter as a #wildlife #ecology technician. 6 months at $18/hr and subsidized housing available. Maintain a #cameratrap array, #bobcat and #fisher live trapping transects, and telemetry. More: blackrockforest.org/work_with_us
August 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm hiring! Please share!
Join me this winter as a #wildlife #ecology technician. 6 months at $18/hr and subsidized housing available. Maintain a #cameratrap array, #bobcat and #fisher live trapping transects, and telemetry. More: blackrockforest.org/work_with_us
Join me this winter as a #wildlife #ecology technician. 6 months at $18/hr and subsidized housing available. Maintain a #cameratrap array, #bobcat and #fisher live trapping transects, and telemetry. More: blackrockforest.org/work_with_us
Facilitating this funding program and the research it enables, is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. We look forward to learning from all of our recipients.
We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 Redden Small Grant awardees!🧑🔬 Our 2025 Redden Conservation Small Grants support grad students from @cuny.edu NY (#trees), @uconn.bsky.social (#bees), Yale University (#soil), & @natural-history.bsky.social (#dragonflies). #BlackRockForest #Research #Conservation
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Facilitating this funding program and the research it enables, is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. We look forward to learning from all of our recipients.
Reposted by Scott LaPoint
Roger Powell and I review my best camera trap videos and try to figure out how the heck fishers can kill a porcupine.
youtu.be/Q3MR_N2ng84
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Inside the Kill: How (we think) Fishers Hunt Porcupines
YouTube video by Wild Animals
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April 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Roger Powell and I review my best camera trap videos and try to figure out how the heck fishers can kill a porcupine.
youtu.be/Q3MR_N2ng84
youtu.be/Q3MR_N2ng84
Reposted by Scott LaPoint
Doing research in the #HudsonHighlands? Join our 14th biennial Research Symposium, June 23rd! We're seeking presenters in the fields of #ecology, natural history, #archaeology, technology, #biology! Learn more & submit your abstract by May 2nd here: www.blackrockforest.org/past-researc...
Biennial Research Symposiums - Black Rock Forest
The Hudson Highlands Research Symposium is a biennial event hosted by Black Rock Forest that showcases current research and scholarship from or pertinent to the Hudson Highlands region. The Symposium ...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Doing research in the #HudsonHighlands? Join our 14th biennial Research Symposium, June 23rd! We're seeking presenters in the fields of #ecology, natural history, #archaeology, technology, #biology! Learn more & submit your abstract by May 2nd here: www.blackrockforest.org/past-researc...
New newsletter! 📰 Fall 🍂 field trips, wildlife camera 📸 trap results, @barnard-college.bsky.social students' energy ☀️🔋 study, & more. Read now: www.blackrockforest.org/blog/winter-... #BlackRockForest #Newsletter
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Congrats to the NYSDOT on their $324k award from the #WildlifeCrossingsPilotProgram and happy to say I had a small part in it! This allows us to develop a toolkit for identifying #roadkill and #connectivity opportunities. Safer roads! I look forward to working with you all!
January 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congrats to the NYSDOT on their $324k award from the #WildlifeCrossingsPilotProgram and happy to say I had a small part in it! This allows us to develop a toolkit for identifying #roadkill and #connectivity opportunities. Safer roads! I look forward to working with you all!
'Tis the season for #cameratrapping for me. Here's a nice sequence of a #bobcat mother and nearly full-grown kitten. Atypically interested in the lure. #wildlife #ecology
January 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'Tis the season for #cameratrapping for me. Here's a nice sequence of a #bobcat mother and nearly full-grown kitten. Atypically interested in the lure. #wildlife #ecology
Stumbled across this #Ambystoma maculatum while checking #cameratraps inside #BlackRockForest yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork
December 19, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Stumbled across this #Ambystoma maculatum while checking #cameratraps inside #BlackRockForest yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork
Please apply and share! #Funding! We're offering $10000 grants to do #research with #conservation application at #BlackRockForest. Send us your proposals: www.blackrockforest.org/david-redden... Deadline: January 26.
David Redden Conservation Science Fund Small Grants Program - Black Rock Forest
2025 David Redden Conservation Science FundSmall Grants Program for Conservation Research at Black Rock Forest Grant awards of up to $10,000 will be made on a competitive basis to fund research […]
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December 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Please apply and share! #Funding! We're offering $10000 grants to do #research with #conservation application at #BlackRockForest. Send us your proposals: www.blackrockforest.org/david-redden... Deadline: January 26.