I get a fair amount of interesting e-mail due to my website. Here's
an example that tweeterdom may be able to help with - a mitigation
question. I'm sure the questioner would appreciate any ideas folks
might have. If it's not too much trouble to post answers to him
personally as well as to tweeters, this might even be fun!

Here it is:

I'm in search of information concerning the creation of bank swallow habitat.
Our engineering firm is in the process of preparing an EIS for a small water
supply reservoir in the southeast.

The dam and spillway area would be excavated in sandstone. Many of these
areas
will almost be vertical and will be over or adjacent to water. As part of the
mitigation
for environmental impacts we are searching for various ways to creat wildlife
habitat.
Would bank swallows nest in holes drilled into stone? If so, do you have any
idea
as to spacing, diameter, and depth?

Establishment of a large colony of bank swallows or perhaps another species of
swallow might be a nice addition to the project. Bank swallows are relatively
rare
in the projct area.

I would appreciate any information you could share. My e-mail address is
JimTu814 at aol.com

Thanks,

Jim






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