We came across this article recently and thought it was worth reiterating the importance of concealing wetland locations.
Author: Adam Warwick
I am a Wildlife Biologist, Land Manager, and Type I Firefighter for The Nature Conservancy based out of North Carolina's Southern Blue Ridge Mountains Office in Asheville. My primary interest lies with how forest management and disturbance impacts plants and animals. I use and share the latest research as well as mine and others' experience to guide TNC's forest management and determine how best to mimic natural disturbance regimes, such as fire, to restore and conserve native communities.
Understanding Bog Turtle decline in the Southern Appalachians. Guest post by Mike Knoerr
Endangered Bog turtles exist in southern Appalachian mountain bogs. These wetlands are incredibly rare and increasing isolated on the landscape. Thankfully, The Nature Conservancy has acquired and actively manages several of these wetlands for rare plants and animals, including the small and secretive bog turtle. Mark-recapture data and population level analyses suggest that many…
Exploring Mountain Bogs
Great new article appearing in The Transylvania Times by BLN Member, Owen Carson. Nice job Owen!
The David Attenborough Style of Scientific Presentation
I’ve been giving more and more talks lately and I came across a couple articles the other are really spot on so I thought I would share. The first is by Marshall Shepherd, written for Forbes.com, while the latter is a handout from Will Ratcliff, a Georgia Tech Professor of Biology. 2016 (Shepherd) 9 Tips…
*NEW North Carolina Biodiversity Project Website launched!!
Per Email from Harry LeGrand Fellow biologists and nature lovers: I am proud to announce the opening of a new website — an umbrella website called the North Carolina Biodiversity Project, which serves as the home for a number of existing websites on taxonomic groups of animals found in North Carolina, as well as a…
BLN Steering Committee: Mincy Moffett
Check it out. I wanted to share this piece about the Bog Learning Network’s own Mincy Moffett and his career path and his career move from economist to biologist. “I had a career that I hated and two degrees that I didn’t want to use anymore, so I thought, ‘Man, I’ve got to make a change,’”…
Eller Seep and Reed Branch Controlled Burns
From one corner of North Carolina to the other, we burn for pitcher plants. Earlier this week, TNC-North Carolina and TNC-Georgia teamed up with Southern Blue Ridge FLN partners North Carolina Forest Service, Georgia ForestWatch, KD Ecological Services, MountainTrue, and Wildland Restoration International to conduct some small, yet highly important controlled burns on two of the south’s few remaining…
Scientists Finally Understand How Pitcher Plants Developed the Taste for Flesh
Plants that feast on animals for sustenance are something of a nightmarish novelty in the world of botany, but what’s even more amazing is how distantly related carnivorous plants from different parts of the world separately evolved the same taste for flesh. Highlight Article from Science Alert Full Journal Article from Nature Ecology and Evolution…
Quarry Bog Workday Report
On June 7, 2016, The Nature Conservancy’s Tennessee Chapter hosted a Bog Learning Network invasives field day at Quarry Bog Preserve, Shady Valley, Tennessee. Quarry Bog Preserve is a 68-acre site where TNC began a large-scale hydrologic restoration project in the early 2000s. The BLN work day drew 14 participants from Zoo Knoxville, the Natural…
2016 Bog Learning Network Meeting Date Set for January 6-7 in Asheville
Save the date. An agenda to be posted soon
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