Bier and Tim Schumann preparing to go into French Creek to survey fresh water mussels in 1982. Photos: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS
After one of Bier's captured black snakes got loose in the house, his mother banned the wild reptiles. But Bier's outdoor forays persisted, as did the souvenirs. Bier's fieldwork and recommendations led to the conservancy preserving more than 153,000 acres of species-rich land in Western Pennsylvania during his almost 43-year tenure, according to Cynthia Carrow, the conservancy's vice president for government and community relations.
There is much more to nature than what Bier calls the"mega charismatic vertebrates" – handsome wildlife like bears, squirrels, owls, bald eagles and river otters. Bier documented rarities such as multiple mussel species that are globally significant in French Creek and the Allegheny River.Bier came up in the 1970s, during an environmental golden age that featured passage of both the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act.
A conservation blueprint showing high quality natural areas in Pennsylvania. Bier helped document and made recommendations to preserve many of these areas.They built a home near the reserve, raising two children and eventually donating a portion of nearby family-owned land to Audubon for preservation.
The two men consulted a rare and endangered plant list published in 1974 and visited museum collections, checking records dating back more than a century to learn if those endangered species still existed.
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