Acknowledgements
We thank the biologists working with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection that collected and shared the cottontail data with us, and Lisa Wahle, Andrea Petrullo, and Travis Goodie specifically for assistance with data questions. We also acknowledge the New England Cottontail Regional Monitoring Program for their extensive efforts to monitor, learn, and adapt conservation strategies for New England cottontail. We also thank the team that created the Young Forest and Shrubland Vegetation Map and the Understory Map for sharing their spatial products with us and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for funding the Young Forest and Shrubland Vegetation Map Project.