Scott LaPoint

@scottlapoint.bsky.social
Fisher fan, family man, and the Director of Research at Black Rock Forest.

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

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: https://t.co/27g5IBT64i

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Just a few days left to apply! Applications due by midnight on January 26th.

[Black Rock Forest @BRFConsortium]

Please apply and share! We're offering $10,000 grants to do #research here in the Forest 🌳with #conservation application. Send us your proposals: https://t.co/oVRtOaPHZN Deadline: January 26. #Funding

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Lost coyote?
Enjoyed our first good #snow tracking session inside @BRFConsortium. This #coyote seems to check out our kiosk. Low #animal activity, but scenic.

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

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!

[Roland Kays @RolandKays]

PhD Position in Movement Ecology of Forest Elephants
Kays lab @NCState_FER @NaturalSciences
Starting Fall 2025
https://t.co/9YDoZb6nnB

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

'Tis the season for #cameratrapping at @BRFConsortium for me. Here's a nice sequence of a
#bobcat mother and nearly full-grown kitten. Atypically interested in the lure.
#wildlife
#ecology

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Stumbled across this #Ambystoma maculatum while checking #cameratraps inside @BRFConsortium yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Deadline is Friday, November 8th! #wildlife #ecology #connectivity #postdoc

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

#Postdoc opp with me @BRFConsortium, @LamontEarth, and @AMNH on #wildlife #ecology and #conservation. Please share widely! Details here but also highly encouraged to contact me: https://t.co/M0t5sBjMKi #TWS2024

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

@gabbspalomo @BRFConsortium @LamontEarth @AMNH Sorry Gabby, but I couldn't make it this year. Happy to chat though if you have time.

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

#Postdoc opp with me @BRFConsortium, @LamontEarth, and @AMNH on #wildlife #ecology and #conservation. Please share widely! Details here but also highly encouraged to contact me: https://t.co/M0t5sBjMKi #TWS2024

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Apparently not a coyote tower of power. The coyotes failed to get the bait, but his crafty, bold #fox did!

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

A #coyote tower? Check out this pair of coyotes investigating our bait. #cameratrap #wildlife

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

@bethpratt told me I could skip her plenary at #NETEC because I've "seen it before". Hell no!

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

I always enjoy talking about #fishers, @BRFConsortium, and #wildlife #connectivity! Thanks to Bill and Daniel
@FieldGuidesPod for making the trip. Go support their podcast: https://t.co/06oFtQm9xZ

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Another interesting article by @ben_a_goldfarb on one of the understudied linear #infrastructure behemoths outside: enough fencing to reach the sun! #wildlife #movements https://t.co/Igz0s7Uxux

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

@RolandKays Wow. Pretty interesting. No detections in WA or no cameras? Are those Tennessee fishers?

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

#SnapShotUSA is an easy, fun way to contribute to large-scale #ecology research. Perfect for getting #students of all ages involved. 2024 season is coming up quick so go sign up and check out their loaner program.

[Black Rock Forest @BRFConsortium]

Out now: new paper with our @sdlapoint and the #SnapShotUSA #cameratrap crew reveals climate is the best predictor of mammal abundance, followed by human population, agriculture, and hard-mast #tree abundance. The paper and data are free online! 🔗 https://t.co/aSxYtBPoLM

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

@Aerin_J @kzeller Me too!

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

Happy to see Hanna's hard work come out. Looking forward to learning more from her while she's here @BRFConsortium and beyond!

[Hanna Makowski @hannamakowski]

Excited to share this work on the benefit of selfing in colonization! @MLBS_UVA @uvabio

Baker’s law (selfing provides a demographic advantage in colonizing new habitats) has a lot of theoretical and biogeographic support. We added to this rich history with experimental data!

[Scott LaPoint @sdlapoint]

@RolandKays @GanoeResearch @_eobs_ I'm completely happy to share data on this. Plus, one of our females down here dispersed. n = 3?