The Maine Owl Pellet Project is a unique collaboration between the University of New England, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
That someone is Zachary Olson, Ph.D., associate professor of animal behavior within UNE’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and he isn’t alone.
Olson, along with a team of scientists from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), are spearheading the Maine Owl Pellet Project (MOPP), a citizen science initiative aimed at identifying the contents of owl pellets left on the state’s forest floors.