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Albany interns report on bat houses, creek surveys and fire-safety outreach on Albany Hill
Summary
Natural Areas Manager Margo Cunningham and intern Nina updated the commission on the Habitat Restoration Intern Program, including construction of bat boxes, a creek biosurvey showing elevated nutrients and a planned native-plant and fire-safety workshop in November.
Margo Cunningham, Albany’s Natural Areas Manager, and habitat restoration intern Nina told the commission about summer and fall projects on Albany Hill, including two bat houses built from salvaged redwood, a creek biosurvey that found nutrient levels above ideal for aquatic life, and a planned November workshop linking native plants to fire resilience.
The interns’ work “helps people connect to the ecology of the hill,” Cunningham said at the commission meeting. Nina described three specific projects: bat-house construction, a benthic macroinvertebrate survey of the creek and public education on native plants and fire safety.
Nina said the bat boxes were built…
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