Wildlife Diversity Program Quarterly Report for January–March 2025
Coastal Herp Staff Stay Busy with Collaboration and Cold Weather Surveys Jeff Hall, NC PARC Biologist and Nathan Vaughan, Herpetology Technician M eeting Up: WRC staff participated in several important meetings and workshops occurred during the first quar-
ter of 2025 to collaborate with partners about the management needs of reptiles and amphibians. Meetings attended include Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southeast U.S., Reintro- duction/Translocation of Southeastern Freshwater Aquatic Spe- cies Workshop, Carolina Bays Working Group, South Carolina PARC Annual Meeting, NCTWS/NCPARC Joint Annual Meet- ing, and Southeast PARC Annual Meeting. Staff were heavily involved in each of these meetings and contributed by present- ing, hosting, and facilitating. Of particular note was the suc- cessful joint meeting between the NC chapters of The Wildlife Society and Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. Over 200 attendees experienced the three-day meeting, which included field trips, talks, socials, and fundraisers to support student research and meeting attendance. According to feed- back from participants, many meaningful conservation conver- sations took place, and a great time was had by all!
Top: Field trip during the Joint meeting of the N.C. Partners in Am- phibian and Reptile Conservation and N.C. Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Bottom: Hope Sutton, Coastal Region Wildlife Diversity Su- pervisor, with Neuse River Waterdog captured during winter survey.
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