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Research

To date, much has been learned about the Albany Pine Bush. Yet, there are still significant gaps in our understanding of the ecology, natural, and cultural history of Albany’s inland pine barrens. Research is an invaluable tool to help us find answers to an ever-growing list of questions about the Pine Bush, how it came to be and how it functions today.

On-going Research:

At any given time there may be multiple research projects occurring in the Pine Bush. Government agencies and institutions, college and university students and faculty, individuals, and grade school students all conduct research in the Preserve. Current research projects taking place in the Pine Bush Preserve include:

• Albany Pine Bush Carnivore Research (New York State Museum)
   
• Methods of Monitoring Karner Blue Butterflies (State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Endangered Species Unit).
   
• Karner blue butterfly habitat viability (The Nature Conservancy, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Endangered Species Unit)
   
• Habitat Management for Conservation of Inland Barrens Buck Moth in the Albany Pine Bush. (State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission and the Biodiversity Research Institute at the New York State Museum).
   
• Habitat management for the Conservation of the Eastern Hognose Snake in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. (Private Researcher and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Endangered Species Unit).
   
• Pitch pine Herbivory in the Albany Pine Bush (Union College).
   
• Albany Pine Bush Karner Blue Butterfly Population Viability Analysis (State University of New York at Albany).
   

Recently Completed Research:

• Eastern Coyotes in the Albany Pine Bush (New York State Museum and the State University of New York at Albany).
   
• Visitor Use of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve (State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry).
   
• Nitrogen Cycling and Black Locust (Union College).
   
• Small Mammal Seed Predation in the Albany Pine Bush (State University of New York at Albany).
   
• Influences of Invasive Plants on Breeding Birds of the Albany Pine Bush. (State University of New York at Albany).

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