{"id":8169,"date":"2023-02-10T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2023-02-10T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:56:46","slug":"une-partners-with-state-federal-agencies-for-citizen-science-project-studying-owl-pellets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/une-partners-with-state-federal-agencies-for-citizen-science-project-studying-owl-pellets\/","title":{"rendered":"UNE partners with state, federal agencies for citizen science project studying owl pellets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That someone is Zachary Olson, Ph.D., associate professor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/cas\/schools\/social-behavioral-sciences\/majors\/bs-animal-behavior\">animal behavior<\/a>&nbsp;within&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/cas\/schools\/social-behavioral-sciences\">UNE\u2019s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/a>, and he isn\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maine-owl-pellet-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Owl Pellet Project<\/a>&nbsp;(MOPP), a citizen science initiative aimed at identifying the contents of owl pellets left on the state\u2019s forest floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/news\/2023\/une-partners-state-federal-agencies-citizen-science-project-studying-owl-pellets\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/news\/2023\/une-partners-state-federal-agencies-citizen-science-project-studying-owl-pellets\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maine Owl Pellet Project is a unique collaboration between the University of New England, the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications-and-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8170,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions\/8170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}