Registration and the agenda are live for the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Bog Learning Network. Hop over to the meeting page to see topics of discussion, general information, and to register. See you there!
BLN Annual Meeting 2025 – Save the Date!
The Bog Learning Network annual meeting will be held October 6th & 7th at UNC-Asheville. Our Steering Committee originally decided to postpone this event due to the impacts of Hurricane Helene on the Asheville Community, including our host institution (UNC-A). Since then, due to challenges our federal partners are currently facing with layoffs, in addition…
Extinction & modeling articles from March BLN meeting
In Conservation Biology volume 35, issue 1 (Feb. 2021) is an article titled Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada, by Wesley M. Knapp, Anne Frances, Reed Noss, Robert F. C. Naczi, Alan Weakley, George D. Gann, Bruce G. Baldwin, James Miller, Patrick McIntyre, Brent D. Mishler, Gerry Moore, Richard G. Olmstead,…
Highlights of 2021 BLN activities
To share bog management skills and experiences and foster community among those involved in southern Appalachian bog conservation, BLN periodically hosts work & learn days. In 2021, we held two workdays dedicated to knocking back invasive plants and woody vegetation, and another to address hydrology issues and share restoration ideas. BLN also hosted a virtual…
Conserving Southern Appalachian Bogs | The Laurel of Asheville, October 2021
The Laurel of Asheville is a free monthly arts & culture magazine connecting communities across the mountains of Western North Carolina. Check out this October 2021 feature by Emma Castleberry: Conservation: The Importance of the Southern Appalachian Bog – The Laurel of Asheville
New paper: Population models for bog turtles
This paper in Animal Conservation, by Mike Knoerr, Anna Tutterow, Gabrielle Graeter, Shannon Pittman and Kyle Barrett, analyzes population growth rate estimates and management interventions for 5 NC bog turtle sites. When sharing the paper, Mike wrote, “… thank you all for your contributions to this paper… It’s built on the back of decades of…
New Paper: Eastern Box Turtles
Check out this new paper coauthored by BLN steering committee member Gabrielle Graeter, BLN member Ann Berry Somers and their colleagues. AbstractTurtles are in decline worldwide, and the magnitude and recent acceleration of population declines requires immediate action to inform conservation and management plans. Long‐term studies of population trends and characteristics covering multiple populations across…
Journal Article: Hydrology of a Southern Appalachian Hypocrene Spring-Fed Fen
Environmental and Engineering Geoscience (2020) 26 (3): 359–366 Jeffrey Wilcox, Emily Bradshaw Marino, Adam Warwick, Megan Sutton ABSTRACT Garland Seep is a Southern Appalachian fen that supports a population of federally endangered green pitcher plants (Sarracenia oreophila). The wetland is underlain by clayey stream deposits above fractured bedrock, is located at the base of a…
Association of State Wetland Managers | Tuesday webinar open to all
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 – 2:00-4:00 pm ET Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Review of Trump Administration Rulemakings and Charting a Path Forward ▪ Julia Anastasio, Association of Clean Water Administrators▪ Royal Gardner, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy Stetson University College of Law▪ James M. McElfish, Jr.,…
New Article on Bog Turtle Nest Predation
This is one of several research articles to come from the work of Mike Knoerr and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission for TNC preserves located in the Southern Blue Ridge. This particular research began back when Mike was a graduate student at Clemson University. Today, TNC works with Mike and Tangled Bank Conservation to protect…
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