West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) ornithologist Richard Bailey interview (USFWS)

Richard Bailey is an ornithologist who, as of 2014, worked for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR); in 2013, Bailey, a former music major in college, worked for the Wildlife Diversity Unit of the WVDNR, with specific occupational focus to the “research and conservation of non-game birds” in the state. In this 2012 interview, entitled “The Birds of WV,” with Mark Madison of the National Conservation Training Center, Bailey discusses his thesis on access of rural children to environmental education centers and hands-on research provided through rurality, establishment of priority blocks, in which to representatively examine bird species, from United States Geological Survey (USGS) quadrants for the West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas during the 1980s, and mitigation of eagle poaching in the state.

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Works cited:

Madison, Mark, and Richard Bailey. “The Birds of WV.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife video, 53:18. June 19, 2012.

Madison, Mark, and Richard Bailey. “Birds of West Virginia and Beyond.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife video, 45:10. February 13, 2013.

“WVDNR seeks help locating [whi]-poor-wills.” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, May 6, 2014. Accessed May 20, 2017.

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