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Great Northern Forests Initiative

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Phantoms of the Forest: The Secretive Nature of Timber Rattlesnakes

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • January 5, 2021
Timber Rattlesnakes, although very dangerous animals when harassed, rely first on their camouflage for defense, and last on…
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Enduring and Avoiding the Cold – How Reptiles and Amphibians Survive Northern Winters

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • January 4, 2021
This post was adapted from an older magazine article the Kiley wrote in late 2017. With each trip…
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Diamonds in the Rough: Are Populations of Elusive Ribbonsnakes Hiding in Plain Sight?

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • September 7, 2020
As a kid back in the 1990s I was absolutely positive I had both Common Gartersnakes and Eastern…
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Elusive Wood Turtles

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • July 6, 2020
“I’ve lived here my whole life and if there were orange-legged turtles crawling around on my farm I’d…
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Winter Blizzards Bring Spring Lizards: How to find amphibians during their spring breeding migrations

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • March 9, 2020
Every spring in the northeast, as the snows melt and the ground begins to thaw, frogs and salamanders…
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Baby Wood Turtles: A 2019 Highlight

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • January 14, 2020
While adult turtles have very high survival rates from year to year and can live exceptionally long times,…
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A Gardener’s Friend: The Secretive Red-bellied Snake

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • February 4, 2019
Northern New England is not known for having high reptile and amphibian diversity, yet most people here are…
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Combating Misinformation with Identification Tips and Resources

  • ByKiley Briggs
  • January 8, 2019
Like so many other people, I grew up falsely thinking brown recluse spiders are common in Vermont. In…
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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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