home     help     resources   Protect Your Species | Presentation Review PHEW! You've learned a lot about your species and about the Adirondacks. What now? It's time to spread the word about your research! An important part of science is to communicate your discoveries and ideas to other scientists; your information can help them do their conservation work in the future. And it will be helpful if you are going to look for ways to fund your own work. Your task: Create a poster and presentation, using the Powerpoint program if you have access to it, for what is known as a "poster session," on your selected Adirondack species. Use the tips and info in the Resources section, and results of your web research, to become more of an expert on your species and the human factors that affect it. Your presentation should address the following… Introduction to your species and review of the scoring and mapping processes for your species. Provide background for your species. What is known about your species? Why is your species a landscape species? What are the human issues related to your species? What project do you propose as the best way to conserve your species? What are the important next steps? Why is your project important? How does it fit into the big picture? Site (Where will you work and why?) Proposed project(s), including primary activities and methods (Be as specific as possible. Your proposal can include multiple components. For example, you might plan field research to learn more about your species' needs or human factors, design an education program to address an issue that affects your species, work with a local community or special interest group, design a compromise to accommodate the needs of people and wildlife, etc.). 6. Conclusions (How will the project benefit your species? How will it affect people? How will it benefit the greater Adirondack landscape?) KEEP IN MIND: What visuals will be helpful in conveying information about your species and explaining your proposed activities and methods?   Guiding Questions       • What questions do you have about your species? • Why is your species important? • Do information gaps need filling? Is field research needed? • What challenges does your species face in the Adirondack landscape? • Whose actions affect your species? Which human factors are most important for your species and why? Think about both positive and negative examples. • Do any threats come from outside the Adirondack Park? For example, where does park pollution originate? How might you address external threats? • Who do you need to work with to help understand and protect your species? • How should human needs and desires be accommodated? • What could be done to better understand and protect your species? • Can you find any useful models of successful projects? • How can a proposal for your species also benefit other species in the Adirondack landscape?   Your Guide, Willow, talks about protecting species.   Do a conservation project in your own back yard! Find help here: teensforplanetearth.org   © 2004 Wildlife Conservation Society.