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Tracy Karplus
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An Approach to Saving Wood Turtles on Working Lands
Kiley Briggs
Views:94 views Common Injuries Among Wood Turtles When I first came across a Wood Turtle nicknamed “Chippy”, she…
Natural Disturbances
Caleb Goldsmith
Views:81 views https://youtu.be/yGYfXJWXQrQ This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb Goldsmith gives us an update on the Longleaf…
New Published Research: Informing Flatwoods Salamander Conservation with High-Resolution Elevation Data
Houston Chandler
Views:123 views Example of LiDAR data used in this research. Warm colors indicate higher elevations (trees and shrubs)…
Burning Turkey Oak to Restore a Longleaf Sandhill
This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb Goldsmith walks us through a prescribed burn prep on a private property that has a healthy Gopher Tortoise population. The Orianne Society burn team is working to clear 20-year-old growth turkey oak here to open up the canopy and restore wiregrass growth on this longleaf sandhill.
Starting From Scratch
This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb walks us through an overgrown and fire-suppressed area at The Orianne Society’s Longleaf Stewardship Center that has been clear cut, leaving little islands around the Gopher Tortoise burrows, and prepared for planting.
New Published Research: Landscape Structure and Turtle Communities
This month, I take a look at a recently published paper that leverages the large dataset built over several field seasons to examine how landscape characteristics influence abundance in freshwater turtle communities.
Wood Turtles
Views:802 views Despite their bright orange legs, Wood Turtles can be difficult to spot. – Kiley Briggs “I’ve…