Posts in 2023

  • Newspaper article in La Gazette

    04.12.2023 in News

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    The OtterConnect project is in the press! A short article in La Gazette about our project. Thanks to Simon Challier for the interview and the article.

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  • Kickoff meeting of the OtterConnect project

    04.03.2023 in News

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    On April 3, we gathered the members of the OtterConnect project to officially launch the work. You can find all the information about the project on the official website https://otterconnect.netlify.app/en/ and the slides of the project presentation …

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  • Field trip with colleagues from the city of Montpellier

    03.30.2023 in News

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    We organised a field trip with colleagues from the city of Montpellier (which supports OtterConnect) to explain the objectives of the project. Everyone had a great time, and we even got to see Lez sculpins and cistudes! Stéphanie Grosset, Laurent …

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  • article in Midi Libre newspaper

    03.27.2023 in News

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    The OtterConnect project is in the press! You can read an article in the Midi Libre newspaper at https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/03/27/un-projet-detude-sur-le-lez-pour-comprendre-le-retour-de-la-loutre-11091062.php. Thanks to Tristan Bonnet for the …

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  • Checking out the cam traps

    02.24.2023 in News

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    On February 17, 23 and 24, we went back to our study sites to check out the cam traps. Some worked well with nice surprises, others did not work due to incorrect settings, unfortunate locations, mysterious reasons, etc., but that’s life. We had …

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  • Otter and Orb and Libron valleys

    02.10.2023 in News

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    In the OtterConnect project we are working on several rivers in the Occitanie region, not only the Lez in Montpellier. This work is done with the EPTB that manage the watersheds. We are fortunate to collaborate with the EPTBs of the Vidourle, of the …

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  • CEFE-Montpellier city/metropole day of discussions

    02.09.2023 in News

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    Our lab, the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), has a long-term collaboration with Montpellier city and Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole about urban ecology including issues on connectivity, global change and perceptions of …

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  • Lez wildlife

    01.24.2023 in News

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    In the OtterConnect project we have a particular interest on otters obviously, but the Lez river is full of other surprises!

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  • First videos of an otter on the Lez river

    01.20.2023 in News

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    We had an excellent surprise when going through the videos taken by the traps we set in January on the upper Lez river!

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  • Beauval Nature is supporting OtterConnect

    01.15.2023 in News

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    Good news! Beauval Nature will support our project in 2023 and 2024.

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