![]() 28 and run each Saturday from 10-11:30am through Sat. Sign up for our musical theater fall/winter 10-week session on the day of the open house & save 10%. The 10-week session is $150/student with a 10% sibling discount. Each child is taught at their own pace and kids of all skill levels are welcomed and embraced. Miss Wendy has her Head Teacher Certification in Early Childhood Education and over 20 years of experience teaching theater, preschool and working as a daycare director. All productions are 100% original, written directed and produced by Miss Wendy who specializes in teaching beginner's theater classes. Miss Wendy's theater classes encourage self-expression in a safe, nurturing environment while educating kids about Irish folklore and various cultures. Siblings and friends are welcome and encouraged. Theater classes are for kids ages 3-12 (must be potty trained). The open house will be held at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center, 6 Lake Ave., Danbury, CT. Tall willow thickets are an important habitat feature and an indicator of willow recovery, Painter said.DANBURY, CT -Children ages 3-12 years old are invited to join the GDICF Theatre Troupe's fall Open House for musical theater. Come out to a fun & free children's theater open house to meet & greet the teachers, enjoy snacks, arts & crafts & free face painting! ![]() They also found a significant change in willow thickets at least 200 centimeters in height along streams, with thickets occupying about 80% of willow patches in some sites, but as little as 22% in others. Willows in meadow sites did not increase in height, but willows in stream sites increased significantly, exceeding 200 centimeters, or 6 feet - a height accessible to elk - in the summers of 2001-04 and in the spring of 2016. Painter and co-author Michael Tercek of Walking Shadow Ecology in Montana found a strong contrast between sites along streams compared to wet meadows. The study is published in the journal Ecosphere.Įlk numbers in northern Yellowstone have declined from a high of nearly 20,000 in 1995 - the year wolves were restored to the park - to 4,149 counted over two days in March 2019 by biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks U.S. The researchers confirmed that willows have indeed increased in height and cover in response to a reduction in browsing by elk. ![]() The new study compared data from three time periods: 1988-1993, when elk densities were high and most willows very short 2001-04, when willows may have begun to recover and 2016-18. "Our results demonstrate that the reduction of elk browsing over the last two decades in northern Yellowstone has allowed willows to grow taller in many places, despite a warming and drying climate," Painter said, adding that willows aren't recovering in some areas due to continued browsing by increased numbers of bison.įollowing wolf restoration in the 1990s, elk numbers decreased, and some researchers reported willows growing taller with reductions in elk browsing, evidence of a shift toward willow recovery. There's been a debate among scientists over the degree to which willows may have recovered from decades of suppression by elk following the restoration of wolves and subsequent reductions in elk numbers, Painter said. The new study shows their predation on elk is a major reason for an increase in the height of willows in northern Yellowstone, said Luke Painter, a wildlife ecologist at Oregon State University and lead author on the study. Wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995.
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