Bedford Audubon Society

Catherine Burns - Mammals Leader, Bedford Audubon BioBlitz Dr. Catherine Burns currently works as the Research Director for WildMetro, an environmental non-profit organization based in Manhattan. WildMetro conducts research on plants and animals in the New York metropolitan area to understand how urbanization impacts the natural environment, and to better protect nature in the region.

Dr. Burns is generally interested in studying the impacts of anthropogenic landscape change on wildlife communities. She completed her Ph.D. and a post-doctoral fellowship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University studying the impact of habitat loss on small mammals in Connecticut, and investigating the effects of fire regime on large herbivores in South African and North American grasslands.

Dr. Burns and colleagues from Yale University and WildMetro will be leading the mammal surveys for the BioBlitz.

What We Found ―Results of the BioBlitz
The Sites: Click for a map of the properties
Leon Levy Preserve | Hunt-Parker Sanctuary | Angle Fly Preserve | Guard Hill Preserve
Westchester Wilderness Walk | Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

Participants, Organizations, and Sponsors

BioBlitz Home Page

Bedford Audubon Society

A Northern Westchester & Eastern Putnam Counties, New York Chapter of the National Audubon Society

BioBlitz 2007

Catherine Burns Mammals Team Leader

A Northern Westchester & Eastern Putnam Counties, New York
Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Catherine Burns
Mammals Team Leader