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Project Range-wide assessment of grazing and hydrology in bog turtle wetlands
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Oct 28, 2022 — last modified Jul 24, 2023 11:25 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
In December 2018, a meeting of bog turtle experts was hosted in Richmond, VA and experts across the Eastern range of the species identified as a high priority the need to better understand the benefits and potential negative impacts of livestock grazing in bog turtle inhabited wetlands. Hydrologic conditions in bog turtle wetlands emerged as a secondary concern needing more research. Recently, NRCS’ Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) awarded funds to Dr. Carola Haas leading a team of researchers at Virginia Tech University to conduct an assessment on these two topics (grazing and hydrology).
Located in Information Materials / Research / WLFW Outcomes: Funded Research
Researchers study eastern hellbender salamanders parental habits
by Virginia Tech — published Oct 12, 2018 — last modified Nov 03, 2023 09:43 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Unlike most wildlife species, male hellbenders provide exclusive care for their young for an extended period of seven months.
Located in News & Events / Eastern Hellbender News
Organization Southeastern Hellbender Conservation Initiative
by Web Editor — published Jun 04, 2019 — last modified Jul 26, 2023 01:44 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
The Southeastern Hellbender Conservation Initiative (SEHCI), a collaboration between Defenders of Wildlife, NRCS and other conservation partners to support farmers using conservation practices on their lands that help restore hellbender habitat.
Located in Partners / Add an Organization
Product The Effects of Livestock Grazing on the Bog Turtle
by Rhishja Cota — published Nov 08, 2022 — last modified Jul 24, 2023 11:27 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
The demise of small-scale dairy farming over the past three decades has led to the pastoral abandonment of the majority of bog turtle habitats in the Northeast. As a consequence, habitats are being degraded by the growth of invasive flora, changes in hydrology, and the loss of turtle microhabitats created by livestock.
Located in Information Materials / Research / Peer-reviewed Science
Video The Last Dragons - Protecting Appalachia's Hellbenders
by Web Editor — published Jan 20, 2017 — last modified Jul 26, 2023 01:22 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
An intimate glimpse at North America's Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander that lives as much in myth as in reality.... and in many waters, myths are all that remain of these sentinel stream-dwellers. Video by Freshwaters Illustrated.
Located in Online Training Resources / Webinars and Videos
File Octet Stream The use of nest boxes by the hellbender salamander in Western North Carolina
by Morgan Harris — published Aug 10, 2020 — last modified Jul 26, 2023 01:32 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The hellbender salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) is a unique, large-bodied amphibian that serves as an excellent water quality indicator species in Western North Carolina. This animal has suffered substantial population declines over the past four decades throughout its range. Increased stream siltation largely attributed to human development fills the concave undersides of large rocks, consequently destroying hellbender breeding habitat. Habitat degradation has contributed to reductions in North Carolinian populations to such a degree that the species is now considered of Special Concern in the state. In order to restore hellbender population sizes under current land use conditions, researchers have recently begun developing artificial nest boxes that exclude sediment and promote increased reproduction. To identify the short-term efficacy of these shelters as substitutes for natural hellbender habitat in Western North Carolina, I constructed and placed 54 boxes across five river sites throughout the region. Following summer nest box installment, I examined each shelter through the breeding season for hellbender in habitation and to determine the quality of water passing through the structures. Additionally, I created a maximum entropy species distribution model and conducted a spatial connectivity analysis for the hellbenders of Western North Carolina to identify ideal locations for nest boxes installation in the future. Although no hellbenders have yet been detected in the artificial shelters, additional structural improvements and time may reveal nest boxes to be useful conservation tools for this iconic species of Special Concern.
Located in Information Materials / Research / Artificial Nest Box Research
File Troff document Theory and practice of the hydrodynamic redesign of artifical hellbender habitat
by Morgan Harris — published Aug 10, 2020 — last modified Jul 26, 2023 01:34 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The success of nest boxes in Missouri led researchers to test whether similar management tools could increase C. a. alleganiensis populations in the streams of western North Carolina, where these salamanders are listed as a Species of Special Concern (Messerman 2014). Fifty-four nest boxes were constructed following the boot-shaped design of Briggler and Ackerson (2012) in May 2013, and were installed across five known C. alleganiensis stream sites between late June and early August 2013. Messerman (2014) then monitored each nest box every three to four weeks through November 2013, and the boxes were revisited in August 2014 and July 2015 to observe structural condition and occupancy (Messerman, pers. obs.). Of the 54 nest boxes, only two structures at a single site were confirmed as inhabited in 2014 and 2015, and no breeding events were detected (Messerman, pers. obs.). Moreover, many of these ~50 lb concrete boxes moved in flood events or accumulated sediment at the downstream tunnel entrance (Messerman 2014). The low success of the boot-shaped nest box design in North Carolina may be attributed to the sites generally being narrower and shallower than those in Missouri, with much of the substrate consisting of bedrock slabs covered by relatively thin layers of rock, gravel and silt. Here we address the observed shortcomings of the original North Carolina design through the lens of engineering, and present a new and easily implemented nest box model for use in streams like those found in western North Carolina.
Located in Information Materials / Research / Artificial Nest Box Research
To Restore Hellbender Habitat, a Biologist Visits the Farmers' Market
by Kat Diersen — published May 27, 2023 — last modified Nov 03, 2023 09:32 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , ,
When working to restore wildlife habitat on agricultural lands, outreach to producers can be challenging. Private Lands Biologist Mike Knoerr figured out a way to make it much more efficient.
Located in News & Events
U.S. Fish and Wildlife denies Endangered Species Act protection for eastern hellbenders
by Asheville Citizen Times — published Apr 05, 2019 — last modified Nov 03, 2023 09:43 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Just as the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has called on the public to help locate and document sightings of the declining population of eastern hellbender salamanders to help in recovery efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided not to list the salamander as an endangered species.
Located in News & Events / Eastern Hellbender News
Organization x-conference/x-cooltalk USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
by Web Editor — published Jun 04, 2019 — last modified Apr 16, 2024 03:18 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
NRCS helps America’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners conserve the nation’s soil, water, air and other natural resources. All programs are voluntary and offer science-based solutions that benefit both the landowner and the environment.
Located in LP Members / Organizations Search