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Herp Update: Upcoming Presentation on VT Snakes — January 18, 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, snakes, updates

Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) eating another Eastern Milksnake

Upcoming Presentation Herpers, Green Mountain Audubon Society has arranged for me to give an online Powerpoint presentation on Vermont snakes this Thursday, January 20th at 6:30 PM. The presentation is free and open to the public. If you would like…

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Herp Update: Saturday Night? – December 10, 2021

Posted on December 10, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, education, herping, road search, salamander, support, updates

Continuing Amphibian Activity Herpers, looking to replace Christmas movies with herping this weekend? The current weather forecast is for wet and warm (near 50°F) tomorrow evening (Saturday) either before or after dinner. I may not be able to make it…

Herp Update: Continuing Migration and Fundraiser– December 7, 2021

Posted on December 7, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, frogs, road search, salamander, support, updates

Man in blue raincoat, facing the camera, holds an adult snapping turtle head downward. The turtle is almost the size of the man's torso.

Continuing Amphibian Activity Herpers, with the temperatures at 50°F and the rains becoming heavy around 5 PM, I had to run over to the Morgan Road amphibian crossing here in Salisbury again last night. Given that this was both warmer…

Herp Update: Annual Fundraiser and a New Course “Conserving Vermont Reptiles” – November 29, 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, support, updates

A New Course Offering: Conserving Vermont’s Reptiles January through May 2022 through Vermont Family Forests Learn the identification, natural history, survey techniques, conservation, and management of Vermont’s turtles, snakes, and lizards with herpetologist Jim Andrews. The class will begin with…

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Herp Update: Musk Turtle, Herp Activity, Fundraiser – November 18, 2021

Posted on November 18, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in herping, support, turtles, updates

Eastern Musk Turtle Friend and conservation ally Sue Morse of Keeping Track sent the photo below of a tiny hatchling Eastern Musk Turtle. She was out searching for turtles with Dean B who took her to Niquette Bay in Colchester.…

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Herp Update: indoors, in the snow, and funding request – February 25, 2021

Posted on February 25, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, support, updates

Herpers, as you would expect herp reports at this time of year have been few and far between, but we did receive a photo of the Gray Tree Frog in Bridport that came in with a house plant. The frog…

Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas e-mail List update + some reptiles

Posted on December 2, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in reptiles, support, updates

from an email Jim sent: Folks, I just received a report of a Painted Turtle out yesterday in Fair Haven. Eastern Red-backed Salamanders were moving two nights ago here in Salisbury, and a Common Gartersnake was seen on the surface…

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Atlas Update

Posted on August 25, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, herping, reptiles, support, updates

Fundraising I have left our GoFundMe fundraiser site up and running for the last six months. That seems about as long as I can stretch it for what we called an annual fundraiser. One of the reasons I have kept…

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Support the Vermont Herp Atlas in 2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

Kate Kelly Posted in conservation, support, updates

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tvfmw-vermont-reptile-and-amphibian-atlas

Tagged with: community, conservation, data, data gaps, funding, fundraising

Second Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Funding Drive Now Starting

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, support, updates

Herpers, last year at this time the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas ran its first public fundraising effort (very successful) for two special projects as well as to continue our long-term research, conservation, education, and outreach efforts. The special projects…

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