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Show HAST repeats as state swim champs The Hilltop Aquatic Swim Team repeated as state champions earlier this month by earning 3499 points, easily outdistancing Cottonwood Heights at 3231 and Eagle Aquatics at 2225; Casy Kleinman finished first itUhe 13-14 age group with $ state times and 200 points. He is ranked 7th nationally na-tionally in the 50 and 100 fly. There were 11 other swimmers who finished in the Mp 10 of their age group, in the 10 and under category Nathan Fonseca was 6th with 108 points, whil& Alex Liberatore was 9th with 68, and Jamie Nebeker was 9th on the girls side with 80 points. ? 1 ; ;4 Photos by Dean Von Memmott American Fork's Garrison Brems anticipates a pitch in a March 26 contest against Springville. Cavemen beat Tigers The American Fork Cavemen won their second straight baseball game April 15 when they defeated the vi&tine Orem Tieers 13- 3. :z In the contest, Andy Hilgenberg hit two three-run three-run homers to ensure that the game would last only six innings. Meanwhile, teammate Cavejnan Andy Hilgenberg uunrjg a game wim me eu filf-,,"-"l """""" mmummm, SAVE 35 on RoofingSiding 2' Coverage Buy Now Expires 51102 or sooner EIETALSUBT Yur Low Cost "Steel" Source uper Often lanes every night fcr dean, smoke free Family Fun!! 785-3001 ffi Advertise Here! -Through Your 2X2 STATEWIDE ADVERTISING NETWORK f Ask your local paper how you can reach ovei 250,000 households in 40 Utah newspapers in one easy step through Utah Press Asso ciation statewide 2x2 display networks (National placement is also available, throuhUtah fess Association.j Audra Yocom was 8th in the 11-12 age group with 115 points. In 13-14 girls, Kristina Baird was 7th with 106 points and Hay lee Adamson was 8th with 103. In 15 and over, Ashley Kleinman finished 3rd at 156, while Carly Smith was 4th at 135 and Annette Johnson 7th at 100. On the boys side, Zac Boyle was 3rd at 117 and Paul Hanson was 10th with 66 points. Many other swimmers posted personal bests, and the entire team swam, very well. Team members would like to thank their coaches and parents and have pledged to continue working work-ing hard to maintain their 1 ranking. 1 Tyson Kinyon went 4 for 4 at the plate. American Fork registered 13 hits in the win. American Fork coach Jarrod Ingersoll said, "The guys played solid defense, and Bryan Greenwood pitched well alj six innings." The Cavemen visit Springville Friday and Payson Tuesday. slides safely into second uwvw iui mwnm. Burgundy - Bluo Bronze - Red Lt. Blue Ask About Other Colon 1200 E. 181 S.LEHI.UT 768-3332 visa, mc, disc HSowi 2 col.1 Statewide!!! I I S Local Paper.- Volunteers sought By Brian Brinkerhoff If you are looking for another good reason to get out of the house and into a forested area for peace and quiet, your opportunity has just arrived. Volunteers are needed to collect critical census information for Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's study of several sev-eral birds in the 2002 "Birds of Forested Landscapes (BFL) Project." Unfortunately several forest dwelling birds are showing declines and this project hopes to define the magnitude of these declines. Birds in Forested Landscapes is a study being conducted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with the help of volunteer birders across the continent, which works to better understand the reasons for these declines and to develop guidelines that may help reverse these birds' declining declin-ing numbers. Ken Rosenberg, Director of Conservation Science for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, commented, "We're hoping to answer several important conservation-related questions. For example, we want to know how much habitat forest-dwelling forest-dwelling bird species require for successful breeding, breed-ing, and how habitat requirements are affected by land uses human development, forestry, agricultural agri-cultural practices in the surrounding landscape. We also are working to find out how the habitat requirements require-ments of a species vary across its range." To find these answers, Lab researchers are relying on the help of volunteer bird watchers. Participants in BFL select study species that occur in the region where they live. They then select survey points in forest for-est patches of different sizes, visit each point twice during the breeding season to search for the selected species, look for evidence of breeding success, and record characteristics about the study site. During both visits, they mm mm mmm mm sms mp I Jl-' V XmLmJs Your best deal is always at: Duff Sheitey Kawasaki 260 E. Main, American The Hilltop Aquatic Swim Team look and listen for the birds they are studying as well as for potential nest predators and Brown-headed Cowbirds, a species that lays its eggs in other species' nests, at the expense of the host species. These citizen scientists also conduct a short play-back-and-behavior watch periods for each study species using a CD of BFL study species' songs, calls, and drums. Observations are recorded on field data forms provided to volunteer researchers and then entered at the BFL web site or sent to the Lab on paper forms. Preliminary results have been revealing. Veery, Swainson's, and Hermit thrushes appear to be negatively nega-tively affected by forest fragmentation. Stefan Hames, the Lab's Postdoctoral Researcher on the BFL project, explains, "What we're finding is that these species are much less likely to attempt to breed in regions where forest cover has been reduced to many wooded patches that are small in size. This is true even when the area of remaining patches is several sever-al times larger than the minimum size needed for a breeding territory. There is often enough space for more than one pair to breed, but these birds just aren't being found there, and this pat American Fork's Rocky Garcia (left) dribbles across the midfield line in the Payson victory vic-tory on April 11. The Cavemen wrap up the soccer season this next week. They host Spanish Fork this afternoon, visit Timpview Tuesday and finish at Payson Thursday. V C5P ) Fork 756-5027, American Fiork Citizen New Utah - for forest tern is holding true for both eastern and western North America." Hames points out that Wood Thrushes do not appear to be strongly negatively nega-tively affected by forest fragmentation. Instead, their declines may be related relat-ed to acid rain in the Appalachian Mountains, and to nest predators and cowbirds elsewhere in areas where landscapes are fragmented. frag-mented. To help determine the effects of recreational development devel-opment on forest thrushes, the Lab has teamed up with the National Forest Service. Last year, participants provided pro-vided data on 28 National Forest lands and 137 campgrounds. camp-grounds. Researchers hope to publish guidelines for thrushes, similar to those gathered from Project Tanager, the precursor to BFL. Results from Project Tanager were published as "A Land Manager's Guide to Improving Habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and Other Forest- interior Birds," already considered to be an indispensable resource for professional land managers and private landowners alike. Unfortunately, thrushes aren't the only birds that are of conservation concern. Birds in Forested Landscapes is also collecting collect-ing data on Cooper's and Sharp-shinned hawks, t'vui' cMl KotmmU Mnmi Cntfi . VIA Kiiifcl AYVt m mcimmmniwd mm m A TV Mm Mb iiiIhIm mum tmt mum mmmmw few Mm An mnmtm f Hw mmm pmmm itnmt jmttni, Nmmi Uwn w m b nwpiwd m ihtw pm hM mm! Wwti' mm tm mMmnt ftm accHHM h tafi mhmh Tht wwmiwi Hi Mmrin fT Hinri taw U.tMk Aft M pan Mnnii h tafi wiwt DwwiUh. im tnt Thursday, April 25, 2002 - Page 1 1 Photo by Kent Davis bird study Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Oak Titmouse, Lewis's Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, many species of warbler overall, almost 50 different bird species from all regions of the continent. "The BFL is providing data we need to make informed management recommendations rec-ommendations for species that need them," says Rosenberg. "To get that data, though, we need the help of bird enthusiasts across the continent. Volunteering for this project is a great way to give something some-thing back to the birds we all treasure." To learn more about the projects, visit www.birds.cornell.edubfl or call 800-843-2437. Questions via e-mail can be sent to forestbirdscor-nell.edu, forestbirdscor-nell.edu, or via regular mail, to Cornell Lab of OrnithologyBFLGOWAP, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850. To learn more about the recreational recre-ational development focus in National Forests, contact Barb Kott at the Zigzag Ranger Station in Oregon, 503622-3191, ext. 687 or e-mail e-mail bkottfs.fed. us. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership member-ship institution interpreting interpret-ing and conserving the earth's biological diversity through research, education, educa-tion, and citizen science focused on birds. tf mm (ZD 'iff' o Lmiifip'uuii far ww tmhf Iqr pmim 1 at ntdd KjiwmM m r MR, m nH tiw atv Mttf immmm at i ww m- AL1.0? |