Wildlife Diversity Program Quarterly Report for April–June 2026
Table of Contents Wildlife Diversity Program Staff ..........................................................................................................4 Nest Side Story ..................................................................................................................................6 Monitoring Wood Storks and Tracking Nesting Outcomes .....................................................................7 Fifty Years of Monitoring Waterbirds – The North Carolina Colonial Waterbird Survey Celebrates a Milestone ........................................................................................................8 Listening for the Birds: 2026 Expansion of NCWRC’s Motus Wildlife Tracking Network ........................10 First Indiana Bat Maternity Roost Found in 14 Years ..........................................................................12 Mountain Woodrat Surveys Off to a Great Start ..................................................................................13 Leatherback Sea Turtle Nesting in North Carolina ..............................................................................14 Growing Our Bog Turtle Populations One Year at a Time: An Update On North Carolina’s Bog Turtle Headstart Program .......................................................................................................15 A Summer Opportunity ....................................................................................................................16 Two Years Out – Eastern Hellbender Surveys in Hurricane-damaged Habitats ....................................17 New GatorWise Swag – Keeping Alligators Wild and People Safe ........................................................18 Technical Assistance .......................................................................................................................19 Partners for Green Growth ................................................................................................................19 Conservation Partnerships ...............................................................................................................19 Cooperative Land Conservation ........................................................................................................20 NCWRC Resilience Strategy .............................................................................................................21 Beach Nourishment Activities ..........................................................................................................21 Aquatic Organism Passage/Culvert Assessment ................................................................................21 Wildlife Crossing Activities ...............................................................................................................22 Helene Division Assistance/Coordination ..........................................................................................22 Spring and Summer 2026 Updates from the Foothills Aquatic Wildlife Diversity Region .......................23 Cape Fear Shiner (Miniellus mekistocholas) Broodstock Collections in the Deep River Subbasin ..........24 Update on the Status of Sharphead Darter Following Hurricane Helene ..............................................24
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