{"id":695,"date":"2015-12-30T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2015-12-27T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:27:21","slug":"along-came-a-spider-conservation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Along came a spider conservation program…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s easy to pay attention to the spiders around you when their webs are this obvious!<\/p><\/div>\n

In my previous post I said I was going to look into ways to get involved in spider conservation- I\u2019ve done that, and there are definitely ways to get involved, but not in the same numbers that I usually see with other conservation topics. My guess is that spider conservation is both relatively new and working against generally negative public attitudes toward spiders.<\/p>\n

So what can you do to get involved?<\/strong> How up close and personal do you want to get?
\n\u2022 Perhaps you\u2019d prefer to keep them at a distance? You can donate to support Ladybird spider conservation<\/a> in the UK or to support black purse-web spiders<\/a> in Canada<\/p>\n

\u2022 Looking to better recognize the spiders in your garden and give them a place to live?o There are a number of on-line resources for spider identification, including for spiders in southern Africa<\/a>, the US Midwest<\/a>, and Europe<\/a>, just to name a few
\no Buglife provides information on wildlife-friendly gardening<\/a>, including projects
\no Canadian Wildlife Federation has suggestions for specific plants that will support goldenrod spiders<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Perhaps you enjoy spending time in caves and want to limit your impact on cave-dwelling spiders and other wildlife? Check out the Southeastern Regional Association of the National Speleological Society\u2019s info on cave conservation<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Want to hang out with spider experts and learn from them?
\no In Australia the Friends of Mount Majura are hosting a Spiders at Night walk<\/a> on January 8 (spending more time with spiders could be a New Year\u2019s resolution\u2026)
\no The American Arachnological Society\u2019s<\/a> next big meeting is in Colorado in July<\/p>\n

\u2022 Thinking you\u2019d like to do a bit more to contribute to conservation science?
\no The British Arachnological Society has a spider and harvestmen recording scheme<\/a> that needs public participation
\no There\u2019s also a spider survey in Colorado<\/a> looking for help<\/p>\n

I know that, in other posts about ways to contribute to conservation efforts, I have usually provided a longer list with a greater variety of opportunities- I\u2019m sure there are more spider-centric activities out there, it just takes a bit more digging. And maybe, if there isn\u2019t one near you to connect with, this coming year is the perfect time to start something- contact a local university, zoo, or nature center, and see where the conversation leads!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous post I said I was going to look into ways to get involved in spider conservation- I\u2019ve done that, and there are definitely ways to get involved, but not in the same numbers that I usually see with other conservation topics. My guess is that spider conservation is both relatively new and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[168,167],"tags":[20,83,11,169],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnids","category-arthropods","tag-conservation","tag-endangered-species","tag-get-involved","tag-spiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}