RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROGRAMMES
Brief description and list of past research and/or monitoring activities.
The first artist/naturalist in the area (William Pope) made extensive notes and paintings of flora and fauna over several decades in the latter part of the 19th century. Systematic field studies at Long Point date back to the 1930s. There have been a substantial number of field surveys and inventories, along with research and monitoring projects undertaken since then. Most have been on the biology and ecology of the area, and especially on species of sport or commercial interest. The more recent compilations and syntheses of this work include: Francis, Grima, Regier and Whillans (1985); Gartshore, Sutherland and McCracken (1987); Poff (1995); Nelson and Wilcox (1996); and Petrie (1998).
The Long Point Bird Observatory, established in 1960, is the oldest continuously operated bird observatory in North America. Over 550,000 birds of about 270 species have been banded (ringed) there, and a number of long-term studies of bird migration and population biology have been undertaken. The observatory is now managed by Bird Studies Canada (BSC) as a key site in a 15 member Canadian Migration Monitoring Network of field stations across Canada. The Long Point Wetlands and Waterfowl Fund (LPWWF) was established in December 1987, with a private endowment fund to support the study and conservation of Long Point's wetlands and waterfowl.
Brief description of on-going research and/or monitoring activities.
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