Utilizing Partners and Forest Management Practices to Improve Early and Late Successional Habitats Along the Kittatinny Ridge (PA)

Abstract. We will monitor 90 points of our choice in 2025 (n=30 points) and 2026 (n=60 points) within the Kittatinny Ridge and surrounding landscapes of Chesapeake WILD program area. These may include Pennsylvania State Game Lands 80, 88, 171, 211, 264, Tuscarora State Forest, and/or Weiser State Forest. We will program and deploy autonomous recording units that will record audio files < 4 hours post-sunrise. Recorders will be deployed prior to April 15th, 2025 and recovered in July 2025. For each recorder, we will download the audio files on a hard drive and deposit the hard drive at the University of Pittsburgh where they will be stored for future use.