Author Archives: Kate Ruskin

Jeff Corwin’s Wildlife Nation visits the marsh to learn about SALS!

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Kate Ruskin

Our beloved Saltmarsh Sparrow are being featured on Jeff Corwin’s Wildlife Nation! Here’s the trailer to this week’s episode, which features U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SALS steward and SHARP member! https://youtu.be/Hg5sVz3o12Q

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SHARP in the Maine news for Hg article

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Kate Ruskin

SHARP’s new paper characterizing Hg risk to SALS and NESP from ME to NJ was covered by the local Maine news channel: https://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/sparrow-species-in-danger-of-extinction/

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SHARP characterizes Hg risk to SALS and NESP

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Kate Ruskin

SHARP recently published an article in Ecotoxicology that characterizes mercury (Hg) exposure in Saltmarsh and Nelson’s Sparrows from Maine to New Jersey. Read more here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10646-021-02488-1

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SHARP postdoc Chris Field is giving a webinar for NOAA on coastal landowner behavior and attitudes

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Kate Ruskin

Chris Field, a SHARP PhD graduate and currently a postdoctoral fellow for the National Socio-environmental Synthesis Center, is giving a webinar for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week.   Will landowner behavior resilient forests hold back marsh migration … Continue reading →

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Infrared video from a Saltmarsh Sparrow nest during a flooding event shows nest flooding, female returning to incubate

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Kate Ruskin

This field season, UConn graduate student Samantha Apgar is using infrared cameras to record the nesting behavior of tidal marsh birds DURING the monthly high tide events that often cause nest failure.  Here’s a time lapse video from a Saltmarsh … Continue reading →

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SHARP research clarifies the subspecies question for Saltmarsh and Nelson’s Sparrows

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Kate Ruskin

Postdoc Jen Walsh and SHARP collaborators (Adrienne Kovach, Chris Elphick, Gregory Shriver, and Brian Olsen) recently published a paper in Molecular Ecology investigating the genetic structure of the Saltmarsh-Nelson’s sparrow subspecies complex. This study used a reduced representation sequencing approach … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from the field: a day in Rhode Island

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Kate Ruskin

At SHARP, we like to bring volunteers into the field as often as possible to allow them to experience the marsh firsthand and teach them about the conservation of tidal marsh birds.  This summer, the UConn crew was joined by … Continue reading →

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Tidal marsh birds are declining– SHARP population trends are published

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Kate Ruskin

A major goal of SHARP’s initial work plan was to produce population trends for the saltmarsh sparrow and other specialist species. Maureen “Mo” Correll, a recent graduate from the University of Maine’s PhD program in Ecology and Environmental Science, led … Continue reading →

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Grad student Sam Roberts won first place talk award in NYC!

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Kate Ruskin

Last week, SHARP grad student Sam Roberts won the first place talk award for “Best use of quantitative methods in conservation research” at the Student Conference on Conservation Science held at the Center for Biodiversity Conservation at the American Museum … Continue reading →

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New SHARP article highlighted by Audubon Society

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Kate Ruskin

The National Audubon Society just released a feature highlighting a new article in Conservation Biology authored by Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program postdoc Mo Correll.  Reporter Hannah Furfaro really sets the scene, both the conservation challenges faced by Saltmarsh … Continue reading →

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