New Published Research: Informing Flatwoods Salamander Conservation with High-Resolution Elevation Data
Houston Chandler
Views:115 views Example of LiDAR data used in this research. Warm colors indicate higher elevations (trees and shrubs)…
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Burning Turkey Oak to Restore a Longleaf Sandhill
Caleb Goldsmith
This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb Goldsmith walks us through a prescribed burn prep on a private property that has a healthy Gopher Tortoise population. The Orianne Society burn team is working to clear 20-year-old growth turkey oak here to open up the canopy and restore wiregrass growth on this longleaf sandhill.
Starting From Scratch
This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb walks us through an overgrown and fire-suppressed area at The Orianne Society’s Longleaf Stewardship Center that has been clear cut, leaving little islands around the Gopher Tortoise burrows, and prepared for planting.
New Published Research: Landscape Structure and Turtle Communities
This month, I take a look at a recently published paper that leverages the large dataset built over several field seasons to examine how landscape characteristics influence abundance in freshwater turtle communities.
Wood Turtles
Kiley Briggs
Views:782 views Despite their bright orange legs, Wood Turtles can be difficult to spot. – Kiley Briggs “I’ve…
Long Live the Turtles!
Tracy Karplus
Views:318 views DOUBLE YOUR TURTLE CONSERVATION INVESTMENT NOW! The world is facing an urgent threat – over 60%…
Post-Fire Effects Monitoring
Views:196 views This month on Lighting a Match, Caleb talks to us about post-fire effects monitoring on a…
The Turtle Timescale – Conservation Across Centuries
Due to their long lifespans, a turtle species can become functionally extinct while just a handful of survivors live in isolation for decades, possibly more than a century.