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Ben Stegenga

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Species Spotlight: The Spotted Salamander

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • March 15, 2023
https://youtu.be/EMh1NWUay3A Every winter we look forward to seeing our resident Spotted Salamanders as rain brings them to the…
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Ornate Chorus Frogs

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • January 16, 2023
Ornate Chorus Frogs are some of the first pond breeding amphibians we see every winter in the Georgia Coastal Plain. Join Ben on a cool January night as he encounters this colorful species.
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Catching Slender Glass Lizards while Trapping for Snakes

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • November 18, 2022
The eastern United States is home to a fascinating genus of lizards that is characterized by their lack of limbs. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben captures one of these unique lizards while conducting some fall drift fence surveys, and discusses their unique biology.
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Fieldnotes: June 2022

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • June 7, 2022
In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben has wrapped up Spotted Turtle monitoring for the year and has…
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Fieldnotes: April 2022

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • April 13, 2022
With winter coming to a close, so does our Eastern Indigo Snake monitoring effort.  On this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, join Ben…
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Fieldnotes: January 2022

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • January 11, 2022
December highlights from some Indigo Snake surveys on the Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve and other important conservation properties.
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Field Notes- September 2021

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • September 28, 2021
In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben conducts a nighttime survey around a pond in hopes of finding…
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Fieldnotes- July 2021

  • ByBen Stegenga
  • July 15, 2021
Ben Stegenga introduces us to a new project that he’s been working on and building in the field.
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Wood Turtles

  • May 15, 2023
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Spotted Turtle

  • May 12, 2023
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The Bog Turtle

  • May 5, 2023
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Long Live the Turtles!

  • April 21, 2023
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