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Chattanooga Zoo Announces Baby Hellbenders: The Chattanooga Zoo announces the successful hatching of a group of Hellbender eggs collected from the wild here in East Tennessee.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Grants to Conserve Habitat in the Southeast’s Cumberland Plateau: Seven projects will preserve forest and stream habitats, benefiting game species, forest-dependent birds, and fish and mussel species

Researchers study eastern hellbender salamanders parental habits: Unlike most wildlife species, male hellbenders provide exclusive care for their young for an extended period of seven months.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife denies Endangered Species Act protection for eastern hellbenders: 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.

Amazing Creatures in Longleaf Pine Flatwoods and Sandhills: A wide diversity of remarkable animals calls longleaf pine flatwoods and sandhills habitats home.

Virginia Tech Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Parental Care in Eastern Hellbender Salamanders: William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, is the principal investigator on a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $738,817 to study parental care in the eastern hellbender salamander.

Tip for Raising EQIP Payment Rate for Prescribed Burns: Potential approaches to raising payment rates for prescribed burns.

10,000th Hellbender Released to the Wild: The Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are celebrating a historic milestone in hellbender conservation in Missouri. As of August 2022, the total Saint Louis Zoo-raised endangered Ozark and eastern hellbenders released into the wild since 2008 now numbers over 10,000 individuals.

Light Weight Tracking Technology Could Help Reveal Mysteries of Golden-winged Warbler Decline: Audubon and partners across the South and Midwest are using radio tags to track a rare songbird.

2022 Was a Busy Year for the Working Lands for Wildlife Hellbender Program: 2022 was a busy year for the Working Lands for Wildlife hellbender program.

New Jersey Bog Turtle Conservation Initiative: Working with Landowners and Communities: The Endangered and Nongame Species Program created and is implementing a comprehensive management initiative to provide long term conservation of the important bog turtle populations in New Jersey.

A Collaborative Approach to Restore Bog Turtle Populations: Like the bog turtle itself, bog turtle populations in North Carolina are very small. A collaborative effort between multiple conservation organizations hopes to change that by giving them a little help.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Announces Funding for Projects to Support Hellbender Conservation: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has has announced grant awards for the 2022 cycle of its Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program and several of the awards will benefit Eastern hellbenders.

NY NRCS Area Biologist Reflects on Nearly Two Decades of Conservation Success: Elizabeth Marks, NRCS Area Biologist, discusses the Bog Turtle Working Lands for Wildlife partnership in New York

Oak Regeneration: Competing species in the white oak range are shading out young white oaks thus preventing regeneration, resulting in a non-sustainable demographic dominated by older trees. Dr. Jeff Larkin is a professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at IUP, as well as the Forest Bird Habitat Coordinator for the American Bird Conservancy. He says: it's just as important for landowners and forest managers to 'look down' as it is to 'look up' when it comes to oak forest management and stewardship. These photos, taken by Dr. Larkin, demonstrate white oak regeneration within the forest understory.

Are Hellbenders Found Downstream of the Ohio Train Derailment Really a Sign That the Water is Safe?: Ohio authorities have called the recent capture and release of two hellbenders downstream from the site of a train derailment and toxic chemical spill a 'positive discovery,' because hellbenders are an indicator of a healthy aquatic ecosystem, but the reality is more complicated.

Gopher tortoises in Southern states deserve federal protections, groups say: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they prepared to sue the federal government over the issue.

NRCS Staff Support the Hellbender WLFW Program by Learning About Natural Design Principles: NRCS staff from four states met in Western NC to tour stream restoration projects for hellbenders and get a close up look at best practices.

To Restore Hellbender Habitat, a Biologist Visits the Farmers' Market: 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.

Celebrating Bog Turtles During Wild Turtle Week: Wild Turtle Week gives us an opportunity to bring extra attention to turtles and our conservation efforts on their behalf.

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