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Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Vermont Association for Wetland Science, Press–May 30, 2023

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, news, turtles, updates

Current Herp Activity Over the last two weeks we have received many reports of female turtles on land looking for open, sunny places to dig a nest and lay their eggs.  From now through June you will be seeing many…

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Herp Update: Education through Press, Current Activity, Snake Hotels — May 10, 2023

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, frogs, herping, news, salamander, snakes, turtles, updates

Herp Education through the Press Herpers, thanks for all the questions you e-mailed and called in for our segment on the Vermont Edition program of Vermont Public.  The producer and host were impressed with all the interest and we accomplished…

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Herp Update: Historic Snake Reports, Fundraiser – February 7, 2023

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in news, snakes, turtles, updates

Current Herp Activity? I have not received any reports of Vermont reptiles and amphibians moving on the surface so far in February.   This is how it should be for early February. Still we received an unusual report from New…

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

Posted on 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…

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Herp Update: Critical Habitat Protection – February 11, 2022

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, news, turtles, updates
Spiny Shoftshell turtle basking on a barkless log, in the sun. Photo copyright Josh Lincoln and used with permisson.

Protection of Critical Habitat Herpers, as of this week, the state of Vermont has for the first time designated specific areas of habitat as critical habitat to be protected for two state-listed species. This has been in the works for…

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Herp Update: End GoFundMe ’22, field trip drawing, thanks to illustrators – February 1, 2022

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in news, support, updates

Fundraiser for 2022 has ended Herpers, we shut down our GoFundMe site today.  We had a very successful fundraiser raising $24,424 for our work in 2022.  Thanks to everyone who contributed and helped make this drive successful.  If you were…

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Herp Update: Migration likely, Fundraiser, Reports – November 12, 2021

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, news, snakes, updates

Amphibian Migration Tomorrow (Saturday Night) Herpers, looking at the weather forecast for much of Vermont, it looks like tomorrow evening may generate some late-season amphibian migration. Since it is a Saturday and it is getting dark early, you could even…

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Herp Update: Annual Fundraiser, Atlas Progress, News – November 5, 2021

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in news, support, updates

Our Annual Fundraiser Begins Today! Three years ago we organized our first fundraiser. It was motivated by a decline in our regular grant funding, a pressing need to get all our data online for future use, and to assign accurate…

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Herp Update: Bobbie Summers, Road Search, more – October 31, 2021

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, news, road search, snakes, turtles, updates

Wildlife Hero I am very sad to report that Roberta (Bobbie) Summers passed away last Saturday, October 23rd. Bobbie has been a friend and contributor to the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas since 2005. She has contributed 451 records of…

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In the News: May 2020

Posted on by Kir Talmage Posted in conservation, news, turtles, updates

A brief round up of this month’s news and mentions of the Atlas: May 18: “F&W: Turtles on the Roadway Need Your Help” from Saint Albans Messenger at https://www.samessenger.com/news/f-w-turtles-on-the-roadway-need-your-help/article_6f8ba722-9906-11ea-a519-13455e108690.html “When you spot a turtle in the road, you may be…

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