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Dirk Stevenson

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First Finds of Indigo Survey Season

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • November 17, 2016
Dirk Stevenson, Director of our Longleaf Savannas Initiative (LSI), and Ben Stegenga, LSI Field Technician, found the very…
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Little Indigo

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • October 24, 2016
Ben Stegenga of The Orianne Society, photographed here with Matt Elliott, Nongame Biologist with the Georgia Department of…
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Migratory Snakes

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • October 18, 2016
The changing seasons have the snakes on the move, heading for cover, returning to dens where they will…
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What’s on the Menu? The Diet of the Alligator Snapper

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • September 12, 2016
Alligator snapping turtles are the only turtles in the world to have evolved an oral predatory lure. These…
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Alligator Snappers vs. Common Snappers

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • September 12, 2016
Although most folks are familiar with the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), few except experienced fisherman and river…
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The Author’s Bite

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • September 9, 2016
Although it is extremely difficult to get bitten by an alligator snapping turtle or Common Snapping Turtle, I…
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Spotting Spotted Turtles

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • June 16, 2014
As you may know, the southeastern United States is recognized for its extraordinarily high species diversity of turtles—a…
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Monitoring Eastern Indigo Snakes – I Have Only Been Bitten Once

  • ByDirk Stevenson
  • December 16, 2013
  From six feet I zoomed in on the head of the 87 inch Eastern Indigo Snake, attempting…
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