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Welcome to the Black Rail Project website. Here we provide information on an ongoing study of the distribution, ecology, and population biology of the California Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills of California. This project is a collaboration between Dr. Steve Beissinger of the University of California at Berkeley and Jerry Tecklin of the University of California Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. Visit our Wetlands website to learn more about the habitats of the California Black Rail and Virginia Rail.