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Herp Update: Education event, migration reports, call-in show — April 1, 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, herping, news

Morgan Road Herpers, it was a big night at Morgan Road in Salisbury last night at our public educational event. This annual event is organized by the Otter Creek Audubon Society and the Salisbury Conservation Commission. Last night we had…

Tagged with: american toad, education, frogs, migration, news, road search, salamanders, snakes

Herp Update: Fundraising, herp activity, migration coming – March 24, 2021

Posted on September 13, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, support, updates

Fundraiser Herpers, we have reached our fundraising goal for the year! Thanks for your help. We will shut down the GoFundMe site early next week, but you are always able to make a donation directly by check or through PayPal…

Tagged with: frogs, fundraiser, snakes, spring, turtles

Herp Update: frozen Gartersnake – April 3, 2021

Posted on April 3, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, snakes, updates

Herpers, one of the more interesting reports to come in over the last two days was this report and photo from Ken Hatch of a Common Gartersnake frozen into a thin layer of ice in Addison. Ken reported: “I found…

Tagged with: call-in, garter snake, interview, migration, radio

Herp Update & Upcoming Gus Speth Presentation

Posted on November 9, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, frogs, snakes, turtles, updates

Herpers, last weekend with the temperatures soaring to 70 F, a variety of reptiles and amphibians were active that are not usually active at this time of year. Late Fall Herp Activity I received reports of Northern Map Turtles and…

Conservation and Natural History of Vermont’s Bumble Bees

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, updates

For those who missed Kent McFarland’s excellent Zoom presentation on the conservation of Vermont’s Bumble Bees, you can watch the recorded version at your leisure through this link: https://val.vtecostudies.org/events/recorded-events/ This presentation was brought to you by the Salisbury Conservation Commission. …

Tagged with: bees, community, education

Vermont Bumble Bees: webinar offered by Salisbury Conservation Commission

Posted on July 10, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, education, event

Did you know that Vermont once had 17 species of Bumble Bee and that 4 are now feared extinct? Learn about these important pollinators and how we can help conserve them, at our upcoming free Zoom webinar. The Salisbury Conservation…

Tagged with: bees, bumblebee, conservation, insects, Kent McFarland, pollinators

Snakes and Dead Creek Day

Posted on September 19, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, education, event, snakes, updates

Herpers, this is the time of year to find snakes on the roads when you are out walking, biking, or driving (slowly). Snakes are now mowing from foraging areas to denning areas on warm sunny fall days and that means…

Tagged with: crossings, roadkill, snakes

Event: Cornwall Walk, May 18

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, event, updates

Come for A Walk in the Woods, as we join Jim Andrews for the Follow-up Walk of “Slippery Creatures: Salamanders and Frogs!” We’ll look for vernal pools in the woods, with salamander and frog eggs, as well as see them…

Event: Amphibians and more in the Black River Watershed (April 23, 2019)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, updates

Herpers, if you are interested/available, and live somewhere near Craftsbury. I have a presentation coming up tomorrow night. See below. 2019 COC Forestry and Conservation Seminar Series: Changes in the Forests and Fields Around Us – a deep dive into…

Tagged with: amphibians, community, conservation, migration, spring

Dr. Andrews presents: Establishing Baseline Distribution Data on Vermont’s Reptiles and Amphibians

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Kir Talmage Posted in conservation, education, event

This video of Jim’s presentation at last fall’s Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) annual meeting was just put on line. In case you weren’t able to attend, you can watch it here: Establishing Baseline Distribution Data on Vermont’s Reptiles and…

Tagged with: amphibians, conservation, data, forest, Jim Andrews, reptiles