Over half of the NERRs have Motus wildlife tracking stations, which provide new information on the presence and movements of animals. Given the NERRS’ increasing number of Motus stations, growth of the resulting databases, and interest in these data from within and outside of the NERRs, there is an opportunity to develop a collaborative community and supporting infrastructure within the NERRS. This catalyst project’s five objectives were to: create a website to display Motus data across the NERRS, develop educational resources, develop an in-person education experience at the North Carolina NERR, construct towers at four sites that previously did not have towers, and promote communication and collaboration among NERRS staff. In this webinar, the project team will demonstrate how to use the products that they developed and discuss how to learn more about Motus and the state of the network within the NERRS, and get involved.

Speakers:

	Marae West, Cape Fear Bird Observatory Marae West is the board chair and science advisor for the Cape Fear Bird Observatory which is based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Maraes serves as the project lead on this NERRS Science Collaborative Catalyst grant.
	Evan Buckland, Cape Fear Bird Observatory Evan is the co-founder and managing director at the Cape Fear Bird Observatory. Evan serves as the technical lead on the grant and had a hand in every part of the project and managed all of the technicians on the project.
	Ray Danner, Althouse & Meade Ray is a senior research scientist at Althouse & Meade. Ray serves as the collaborative lead. His main focus was to develop R-code to analyze Motus data and to pair the data with SWMP data. He also helped build the dashboard built in this project.