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2015-CWMP-Remote-Camera-Field-Season-Report

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124 Nail a hair-snare onto the tree with the center of the hair-snare about 18 in from the ground. Your drywall hatchet is about 15 in long and can be used to make quick measurements in the field. Use 4 shingle nails – one at each corner of the pad. Hang a small carpet pad from a nearby tree branch (5 ft from the ground). The best placement is within sight of and at about 9 ft from the hair-snare – no more than 15 ft. First, select a tree branch that is at least 6 ft from the trunk of the tree, as high as you can reach and with few obstructions below the branch. You will probably need to cut brush and other branches that might tangle the pie-plate. Then, cut off the amount of wire that is needed. Push the wire through the center of the small carpet pad (2.5 X 2.5 in) provided in your kit using a twisting motion. Gently putting pressure on the wire is better than brute force here because the wire can easily buckle. Twist the end of the wire in a single loop below the pad to hold the pad on the wire. Figure 3. Example showing a transect crossing an open area. One hundred meters were measured between 1 st and 2 nd station; then 80 m was measured from 2 nd station and edge of an open area. The open area was crossed without measuring distance and 20 m was measured on the far side to get to the 3 rd station.

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