Notice of Bird House Installation Meeting and Snow Removal Vehicle Tour

~Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Vice President Shibukawa will also hold a wildlife observation meeting~

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May 11, 2016
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office Obihiro management office

NEXCO EAST Obihiro Management Office (Koto-gun Otofimachi) invites children from Ikeda Elementary School and will hold a bird house installation meeting and a snowplow tours tour, so we will inform you.

In addition, after the Birdhouse is set up, we will invite Mr. Hisashi Shibukawa, Vice President of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, to take a walk around the rest facility with children and observe wild animals.

Bird House installation of efforts, by the original expert NPO the guidance of a bird house activities, produced a Western-style hives ingenuity, installed in the trees of the service area (SA) and parking area (PA), Expressway is intended to provide the opportunity to interact with nature in the wayside of elementary school students.

1 date and time

May 19 (Fri) 10: 00 ~ 11: 50

2 places

<Installation>
Doto Expressway Nagaryue PA towards Sapporo (In-bound line)
<Visit>
NEXCO EAST Obihiro Management Office
(Address: Otofuke West Line 2 7-3, Otofuke Town, Kato-gun)

3 participants

27 Ikeda Municipal Ikeda Elementary School 4th grade students

4 cooperation

NPO Feathered Friend (Obihiro City)
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

5 Implementation contents

(1) Bird house setting society (from 10:00)

Doto Expressway At Nagaryue PA, we will set up a birdhouse made by children.
(Production date: February 23)
At the same time, while walking around the rest facility, Mr. Hisabu Yanagawa, Vice President of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
We will observe wild animals and explain about "Expressway and nature".

(2) Tour of equipment for managing Expressway and snow removal vehicles (10:50-)
At NEXCO EAST Obihiro Management Office, we will take a tour of active work vehicles such as disaster prevention office rooms and snow removal vehicles.

Reference [Past situation]

Image of reference [past appearance]
Image of reference [past appearance]

Activities related to the production and installation of birdhouses for elementary school students began in 2005 and will be the 13th year this year.
To date, more than 2,100 birdhouses have been built, some of which have been installed in Expressway rest facilities.

Introduction of Vice President Shibukawa

  • Name Hisashi Shibukawa
  • Member of the Board, Vice President, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Specialties Mammology Ornithology Wildlife management (Applied zoology)
  • Doctor of Agriculture
  • Main research theme
    Research on the classification, ecology and conservation of small forest mammals such as squirrels, flying squirrels and bats
    Study on the relationship between wildlife and development, especially roads
    Actual conditions and preventive measures for wildlife traffic accidents, actual conditions and measures to resolve habitat fragmentation by roads
    Development activities and wildlife (implementation of assessment, midigation, monitoring)
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