In the latest installment of the 2016 Invasive Species Fun Field Days, a crew recently spent a day reducing hardwoods from McClure’s Bog while learning about management efforts at the site. Representatives from The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain True, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Defenders of Wildlife, UNC-Asheville turned out for the event. See…
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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…
Bog Learning Network goes to Elk Knob State Park
The inaugural Invasive Species Fun Field Day was held earlier this spring at Elk Knob State Park, where BLM members helped North Carolina State Parks manage multiflora rose, yellow-flag iris, and privet. for more photos, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwssoutheast/albums/72157665494543364
Invasive Species Fun Field Days on the Horizon!
Hey folks, the 2016 Invasive Species Fun Field Days are coming together. Check here for up-to-date information.
TN Earth Team helps Shady Valley
Read more about the outstanding partnership working to conserve Tennessee’s Shady Valley: http://earthteam.tnrcs.org/index.php/sonya-article (photo: Katherine Reed holding Shady Valley cranberries. Credit: Todd Reed/NRCS)
Help CMLC help bogs
Hey folks, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy is selling a limited edition print featuring a bog turtle and mountain sweet pitcher plant. CMLC has long been a key partner in bog conservation and sales of this print, $40.00, help them continue that work. Check it out.
TNC highlights bog turtles!
The Nature Conservancy featured bog turtles in the latest edition of their national magazine. Check it out: TNC bog turtle spotlight
Wetland Restoration Webinar
The Association of State Wetland Managers is offering a webinar on improving wetland restoration success at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.aswm.org/aswm/6774-future-webinars-improving-wetland-restoration-success-project#121515 From their email: “The Association of State Wetland Managers (ASWM) is pleased to invite you to attend the next webinar in our popular Improving Wetland…
Tennessee Wild Side TV show – featuring Shady Valley
Check out this 7-minute clip that aired on the “Tennessee Wild Side” TV show on PBS stations across TN last weekend: “Wild Side Guide Ken Tucker takes us to a peaceful place called Shady Valley, where wetlands once lost have found new life.” Return to Shady Valley Tennessee Wild Side is an Emmy Award winning…
2016 Bog Learning Network Meeting Date Set for January 6-7 in Asheville
Save the date. An agenda to be posted soon
Bog Learning Network 