Riparian systems often are considered corridors that enable animals to move across fragmented landscapes and are important for landscape permeability and connectivity of habitat patches. This is particularly true in rangeland systems such as the Northern Great Plains.

Cameras at 2020 riparian bird count points. 

Subproject for camera traps run outside Black Rock Forest in and near the Schunnemunk and Storm King Mountain State Parks.

All cameras were located within a forest (typically hardwood or mixed), with cameras mounted ~0.5 meters above ground facing bait attached ~2 meters above ground via plastic mesh to an adjacent tree ~3 - 5 meters away.

Subproject for camera traps run outside Black Rock Forest in and near the Schunnemunk and Storm King Mountain State Parks.

All cameras were located within a forest (typically hardwood or mixed), with cameras mounted ~0.5 meters above ground facing bait attached ~2 meters above ground via plastic mesh to an adjacent tree ~3 - 5 meters away.