Published: June 30, 2017, 1 p.m.
What does the future of the digital age hold for the outdoors and conservation for all of us?
Ron Siegle talks about the new Allband\xa0Center for\xa0Education and Wildlife Research (ACEWR)
- Allband began as a need for phone service in North Eaastern Michigan where no service or infrastructure had ever existed before.
- Began as a fiber optic co-op phone company.
- After 12 years of service there was a push to use the technologies for use in the outdoors to help study and learn more about the outdoors and whats in it.
- Can be used to study fauna and flora diseases, invasive species, conservation, wildlife management, etc....
- Partnering with Universities to conduct real time studies with no human intervention.
- Allows for us to get and offer information faster.
- Can we get the temperature of a deer remotely in the wild?
- What can't we do with this technology?
- Use a portal to distribute and collect the information
- Listening to the Heartbeat of the Outdoors
What is the toughest resistance encountered for this technology?
- Lack of resources is the biggest issue facing this technology right now
- The silo affect, groups of people working on the same thing but working alone. They need to work together
- Education and knowledge is a problem as far as getting the right information to people's fingertips
- Working with your neighbor and bridging gaps
- Trusting the DNR or other government agencies
Oak Wilt and how it affects all of us.
- Cluster of dead red oaks found and was identified as oak wilt
- How to stop it from spreading
- How will this affect your deer's food source
- Red Oaks are all interconnected via the root system which is one way oak wilt is spread
- Root system must be cut to keep it from spreading to healthy trees
- Don't trim or cut oaks from April 15th to July 15th, due to the beetles being active at this time of year which is another way to spread oak wilt
- Landowners can reach out to the DNR forestry division for help
- When to replant new trees?
- Working with your neighbors is a huge asset to stopping this problem
What do you as a hunter or outdoorsman want on a portal to be able to have access to?
- Developing an interactive state of the art portal to aid outdoorsman
- A place where everyone who has a vested interest in the outdoors can glean information and pass along information
www.allband.org
http://allband.org/acewr-education-wildlife-research-opportunities-page-1/
https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/
http://allband.org/life-watch-service-2/life-watch-live-video-feed/
1-989-369-9999
Danny is prepping for a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the 4th of July