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4 | 3/13/2026 8:33:44 | Wildlife movement in an urban world: evaluating the role of road culverts as wildlife crossings | Ben McCullar | GADNR Urban Wildlife Program | ben.mccullar@dnr.ga.gov | Mammals | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Behavior, Plant cover | 66 camera traps, 30 culvert locations within 2km of a 30km transect running north to south, east of ATL (Decatur) | cameras running 24/7 for 1 year | Yes | No | Little is known about the presence and movement of mesocarnivores, mid-sized < 35 kg mammalian predators, in urban ecosystems due to their elusive nature. This project evaluates how mesocarnivores and other species use culverts to cross under roads in metro Atlanta. Trail cameras were used to monitor culverts and determine how use varied by species and if wildlife chose culvert sites based on variables such as stream size, culvert type and size, and nearby landcover. Trail cameras were placed at culverts within 2 km of a 30-km north-south transect in east Atlanta that covered multiple land cover types. Cameras faced both entrances of the culvert to capture complete passage. 66 cameras were deployed at 30 sites and will be monitored for 12 months to capture seasonal variation in wildlife movements. Additionally, roadkill surveys will be conducted from vehicle routes along culverts to determine vehicle collision hotspots indicating the culvert crossing is unsuitable to wildlife. Tracks observed during camera installation suggest multiple species (such as white-tailed deer, raccoon, otter, mink, canids) were traveling through culverts. Species identification will be confirmed via photographs. We plan to evaluate successful and failed crossings and estimate the effects of culvert characteristics and landcover-type on wildlife movement. Furthermore, we will assess how roadkill hotspots were related to preferred culvert types and habitat conditions. Results will be used to guide transportation and public works departments on how to choose wildlife friendly culverts or retrofit existing culverts, therefore, increasing public safety by reducing the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions. | ||||||||||
5 | 3/13/2026 8:56:15 | Just checking in | Mark hay | Ga Tech | mark.hay@biology.gatech.edu | Other invertebrates, Marine inverts, zooplankton, fish | Behavior, Dietary, Invasive species | Best skidaway island GA | years ago - we work mostly in the pacific now | No | Yes | Carpools publications on the ecological interactions among marine crabs, fish worms, etc. take would be available by searching my name and publications on google scholar (other authors (to narrow the search) total be Jeremy Long, Amanda Hollebone, Cynthia Kicklighter, Alan Wilson. | ||||||||||
6 | 3/13/2026 9:03:22 | Organismal ecology of amphibians and reptiles in the coastal plain | Lance McBrayer | Georgia Southern University | lancemcbrayer@georgiasouthern.edu | Reptiles, Amphibians | primarily lizards and salamanders, yet with potential for others | Occurrence, Behavior, Biomechanics/movement, Genetic, Invasive species | lower coastal plain of SE Georgia. Ocala National Forest, FL | late spring through summer | Yes | No | I have a variety of ongoing projects in my lab. Thus I include a link to my webpage below. I'd like to be included so as to learn more and potentially join the effort. https://sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/lance-d-mcbrayer/welcome | |||||||||
7 | 3/13/2026 11:16:21 | Crawford County Longleaf pine forest restoration | Craig Byron | Mercer University | byron_cd@mercer.edu | Trees, Mammals, Reptiles | Gopher tortoises, long leaf pine, any mammals | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Static location data, Genetic | Crawford County Georgia (Mercer University field site) | spring and summer 2025 | Yes | No | Mercer has 150 acres of sand hill pine ecosystem. We are developing it as a field site. The property has been logged and burned. It is now planted with longleaf pine saplings. There are about a dozen gopher tortoises living there. | |||||||||
8 | 3/13/2026 12:16:15 | Dendrochronology of the Talladega and dugdown corridors | Jonathan Stober | USFS | jonathan.stober@usda.gov | Trees | old pine stumps | Occurrence, Demographic, Tree size, Ecological health metric, Climate | all over the Piedmont to Apps | on going and typically in winter | Yes | Partially | Project Intent: Prescribed fire is a fundamental tool for restoration and management of southeastern forested systems. Dendrochronology provides a historical inference point and understanding of past fire events and trends and has been useful in informing managers and public as to the ecological extent and frequency of fire within current ecological condition framework for restoration. Work done by Bale in 2009 (https://www.firescience.gov/projects/06-3-1-16/project/06-3-1-16_bale.pdf) on the Choccolocco and Brymer ridge systems were able to document estimate fire return interval from 1547-2005 with pre-European fire return interval of 2.7-3.2 from 1653 to 1831 and post-European fire return interval of 2.5-2.6 years from 1832-1940. The Talladega Division is a 140-mile linear ownership that has know areas where fire management has been excluded and there are still available stump resources that could be used to understand and further develop the dendrochronology and fire ecology of the Talladega Mountains. Stump garden resources on Dugger, Oaky, Horn and Rebecca mountains will likely be lost in the next decade to wildfire or prescribed fire events and collection and analysis of these resources while they are still intact. This effort with cooperation of Auburn University, Southern Research Station, GADNR, University of Missouri and National Forest in Alabama would assist in the collection of identified stump gardens for estimates of fire return intervals, seasonality, landscape position and fuel loads. The Talladega mountains are situated in the physiographic boarder of the Piedmont, Ridge and Valley and the southern Appalachians offering a unique location to broaden our knowledge of historical fire ecology in the region. We are working any where in the Piedmont and Apps where we can find stump gardens and have a survey available for folks that want to log their observations. | |||||||||
9 | 3/13/2026 16:43:22 | Long-term bird monitoring in southern appalachians | Matt Elliott | Georgia DNR | Matt.Elliott@dnr.ga.gov | Birds | Occurrence | Not sure | Not sure | Yes | No | contact Nathan.Klaus@dnr.ga.gov for data details | ||||||||||
10 | 3/13/2026 16:46:16 | Long term hellbender monitoring | Matt Elliott | Georgia DNR | Matt.Elliott@dnr.ga.gov | Amphibians | Hellbenders | Occurrence, Demographic | 1 m accuracy | Every 3-5 years | Yes | No | Contact Thomas.Floyd@dnr.ga.gov regarding data | |||||||||
11 | 3/13/2026 16:49:50 | Long-term persistent trillium monitoring | Matt Elliott | Georgia DNR | Matt.Elliott@dnr.ga.gov | Other plants | Occurrence, Demographic, Tree size, Plant cover, Invasive species, Ecological health metric | < 1 m accuracy | Approximately every 10 years | Yes | No | Data includes eastern hemlock health data | ||||||||||
12 | 3/15/2026 21:32:02 | Box Turtle Habitat Utilization and related projects | Jennifer Mook | University of North Georgia | jennifer.mook@ung.edu | Reptiles | Eastern Box Turtle | Occurrence, Behavior, Homerange tracking, Genetic, Demographic | Hall County GA | Since 2013; variable counts across all months | Yes | No | Our study examines Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) habitat use from several viewpoints (behavioral, ecological, and physiological) to understand their interaction with the habitats that the research site provides, including interactions with wide-spread exotic vegetation, most notably Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense). Data has been collected successively for thirteen years for over 65 radio-tracked turtles, with the assistance of over 100 undergraduate researchers, and has resulted in a large data set that requires extensive review and analysis with statistical software, ArcGIS and other analyses. | |||||||||
13 | 3/16/2026 12:51:19 | Tricolored Bat Occurrence at Chattahoochee National Recreation Area | Claire Teitelbaum | Georgia Co-op Unit/UGA | cteitelbaum@uga.edu | Mammals | Tricolored bat; other bats | Occurrence, Acoustics monitoring | Chattahoochee River NRA; fine-scale (range of an ARU) | July 2024-March 2025, March 2026-present; continuous | Yes | No | Purpose: The tricolor bat (Perimyotis subflavus) is proposed for listing as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service due to population declines associated with impacts from white-nose syndrome (WNS). To support the recovery of this species, it is important to understand its use of different types of habitats across its range, including on public lands where species management can take place. This research will determine the status, seasonality, habitat use, movements, and disease status of tricolor bats on the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (NRA), the largest relatively forested natural landscape in the Atlanta-Metro area. Activities to be Performed: The project consists of five objectives concerning the 1) status (e.g., presence, abundance) of tricolor bats on the NRA, 2) occupancy of tricolor bats relative to habitat and environmental conditions, 3) occupancy of tricolor bats and other bat species, 4) characteristics of tricolor bat roosts, and 5) white-nose syndrome status of tricolor bats on the NRA. Objectives 1-3 will rely on statistical analysis of data from acoustic recorders, while objectives 4 and 5 will rely on data from mist-netting and captures of bats on the NRA. These data will be combined with data on environmental conditions from publicly available data (e.g., geologic maps) and field surveys (e.g., tree species identification). Deliverables and Expected Outcomes: The project will produce several key deliverables including quarterly progress reports provided to the NRA; data products of acoustic detections and species occupancy; and a NPS Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Technical Report. Portions of the technical report will be adapted for 2-3 peer reviewed manuscripts with authors from USGS, NPS, UGA, and potentially other institutions for submission after project conclusion. Results will also be disseminated via meetings with NPS staff and at local and regional conferences. Intended Beneficiaries: This research will benefit NRA staff, who would like to know the presence and distribution of the proposed endangered tricolor bat (Perimyotis subflavus) on the NRA. Secondary benefits will be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, who are responsible for listing decisions and species management, respectively. The eventual tertiary benefits to local communities include the ecosystem benefits of increased bat populations (e.g., pest control) and an improved understanding of bat habitat needs in the Piedmont region. This research will also provide training to a graduate student. Current status: Acoustic data has been collected for 8 months. ARUs have been re-deployed and will continue collecting data for the next year (at minimum). Mist-netting is planned for 2027. | |||||||||
14 | 3/16/2026 14:54:00 | Natural areas inventory | Jess Riddle | City of Atlanta, Department of Parks and Recreation | jriddle@atlantaga.gov | Trees, Grasses, Other plants | Occurrence, Static location data, Tree size, Plant cover, Invasive species, Ecological health metric | City of Atlanta parks. Plot centers located 2 m or better | Initial data collection summer 2026. Resample TBD | Yes | Partially | Our goal is to collect baseline data on the vegetation in City of Atlanta park natural areas (the Department of Watershed Management is doing parallel sampling on land they manage). We’ll be sampling all the areas where there is no cutting of vegetation except for restoration efforts—mostly forested areas. The sampling will document vegetation by species in all canopy layers. We will use a fairly standard nested plot design. Cover will be estimated by species in groundcover quadrats. In a 3 m radius plot, seedlings up to 2 m tall will be counted by species and whether they have been browsed by deer. In a 10 m radius plot, we will count sapling and shrub stems by species and complete a transect for vines in the shrub layer. Variable radius sampling (prism sampling) will be used to record tree basal area. Species and diameter will be recorded for each tree. For each tree, any species of vine will be recorded as well as whether the vines have reached the canopy. The sampling uses a stratified random design. Natural areas are stratified by ecosystem following the natural communities of Georgia with additional ruderal ecosystems following NatureServe. Within strata, plots are distributed randomly in proportion to the strata area. | ||||||||||
15 | 3/16/2026 15:03:10 | EREN INVURTS Project | Elizabeth Sudduth | Georgia Gwinnett College | esudduth@ggc.edu | Insects, Other invertebrates | aquatic macroinvertebrates | Occurrence, streamwater temperature (continuous) | multiple individual stream sites throughout the US, including 4 sites in GA, 2 in SC, and several in NC and VA | season macroinvetebrates and continuous temperature starting 2024 | Yes | Partially | We are investigating the interactions of temporal variability of stream temperature and climatic (biome) and land-use effects on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities (both physical sampling and eDNA). To assess potential trends and interactions at this broad spatial scale, we plan to combine data from sites in the NEON network and sites at participating institutions. work will be publicly available here: https://erenweb.org/active-projects/invurts/ | |||||||||
16 | 3/16/2026 16:14:43 | Atlanta Forest Age | Jess Riddle | City of Atlanta, Department of Parks and Recreation | jriddle@atlantaga.gov | Trees | Demographic | City of Atlanta | Produced 2026 and updated every 3-5 years | Yes | Partially | In collaboration with a student team at UGA, we are developing a forest age map for the city of Atlanta. Artificial intelligence is being used to assign pixels in historic aerial imagery to forest or non-forest. The maps of forest in different years are then combined to produce the approximate age of all existing forest in Atlanta. Images data back to roughly 1940 and are available every 10-15 years thereafter. | ||||||||||
17 | 3/16/2026 16:27:02 | Atlanta Parks Natural Community Mapping | Jess Riddle | City of Atlanta, Department of Parks and Recreation | jriddle@atlantaga.gov | Vegetation communities | Occurrence, Static location data | City of Atlanta parks | 2026 | No | Partially | Natural communities throughout Atlanta city parks are mapped from remote sensing data. The community definitions follow those described for the Piedmont in The Natural Communities of Georgia. The only exceptions are the addition of the Ruderal Loblolly Pine - Tuliptree - Sweetgum Forest Alliance and Southeastern Exotic Ruderal Vines & Shrubland Alliance as defined by NatureServe. The mapping uses historic aerial imagery, topography, canopy height, and phenology layers and is calibrated on field plots representative of different communities. | ||||||||||
18 | 3/16/2026 16:33:48 | Atlanta parks invasive species pressure | Jess Riddle | City of Atlanta, Department of Parks and Recreation | jriddle@atlantaga.gov | Trees, Grasses, Other plants | Occurrence, Static location data, Plant cover, Invasive species | City of Atlanta parks | Initial sampling in 2026 and resampling TBD | Yes | Partially | This sampling seeks to determine the relative invasive species abundance in the 30 largest natural areas in City of Atlanta parks. At each point, invasive plant cover is identified as <12.5%, 12.5-25%, 25-50% or >50 percent for the groundcover, shrub layer, and canopy. For each layer, the dominant invasive species is recorded. Plots are distributed within each park using a stratified-random design. The strata include areas with 30 m of a natural area boundary, alluvial areas not near an edge, and other natural area. | ||||||||||
19 | 3/17/2026 10:59:14 | Biodiversity Monitoring and Habitat Restoration | Hunter Howell | City of Atlanta - Department of Watershed Management | hhowell@atlantaga.gov | Trees, Other plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds | Camera trap/image, Acoustics monitoring, Invasive species, Ecological health metric | Metro-Atlanta Region. Site Specific | Sporadic | Yes | No | We managed 177 properties spanning 2020 acres in the 8 countries of the metro-Atlanta region. As part of our work managing these properties, we are interested in biodiversity data that will help to inform conservation and restoration efforts on these properties. | ||||||||||
20 | 3/18/2026 10:47:49 | Monitoring of Urban Wildlife of GT's Campus | Emily Weigel | Georgia Tech | emily.weigel@biosci.gatech.edu | Trees, Other plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Insects, Other invertebrates | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Behavior, Acoustics monitoring, Tree size, Invasive species | GT's Atlanta campus | From 2016 to current (with some pandemic gaps) for trees and biodiversity; weekly squirrel behavioral data since 2023; continuous acoustic data since 2024 | Yes | Partially | We have been monitoring GT's campus wildlife for the past 10 years; think campus as an urban LTER. We have decently strong weekly tree phenophase data for 2017-2020 and squirrel behavioral data 2023-current. Twice a year, we do bioblitzes at the site of the Kendeda building/ecocommons and have for about 10 years now. The past 4 years, we've boosted monitoring with acoustic devices, mostly notably 24/7 sensors the past 2 years. We also recently fully catalogged the invasive, native, and nonnative plantings of campus. | ||||||||||
21 | 3/18/2026 13:26:14 | Appalachian Cottontails in the Cohutta Mountains | Rollins Jolly | US Forest Service | james.jolly@usda.gov | Mammals | Sylvilagus | Occurrence, Genetic | Cohutta Mountains / Murray Co. | Surveys occur in spring/fall | Yes | No | Conducting presence/absence surveys of Sylvilagus obscurus on the periphery of its range in the Cohutta Mountains. Surveys consist primarily of live trapping along with some camera surveys in the spring/fall. Perfect opportunity for a grad student to take over to conduct more intensive research into population dynamics & potential hybridization with S. floridanus. | |||||||||
22 | 3/18/2026 13:31:54 | Wild Pig Control in the Cohutta Mountains | Rollins Jolly | US Forest Service | james.jolly@usda.gov | Mammals | Sus scrofa (wild pig) | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Homerange tracking, Fecundity/offspring, Genetic, Demographic, Invasive species | Location data is precise | Wild pig control (and associated data collection) occurs outside of deer & turkey seasons. | Yes | No | Intensive wild pig control efforts are being jointly conducted by USFS, GA DNR, and Wildlife Services on the Cohutta WMA. Genetic, disease, GPS data, and harvest data (litter size, sex ratio of sounders, etc) are being collected as part of the project. Great opportunity for adjacent research inquiring about wild pig impacts to water quality, aquatics, herpetofauna, plant communities, or competition with native species. | |||||||||
23 | 3/29/2026 9:24:53 | Sky island mammals of southern Appalachians | Robbie Burger | University of Kentucky | robbieburger@uky.edu | Trees, Mammals | Occurrence | Regional scale from KY/VA to SC/GA | Past 50 years | Yes | Partially | https://doi.org/10.32942/X2RH3R | ||||||||||
24 | 3/30/2026 14:45:13 | Snapshot USA | Andrew Edelman | University of West Georgia | aedelman@westga.edu | Mammals | Camera trap/image | Carrollton, GA with <10m spatial resolution | Every September to October | Yes | No | https://www.snapshot-usa.org/ For the last 7 years, the BIOL 4427 Conservation Biology course and SRAP research students have participated in this coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Featured in news media, this large‑scale project involves scientists setting camera traps in a standardized protocol at 6,712 locations across 263 arrays in all 50 states for a total of 371,979 camera trap-nights and 775,000 observations of wild animals (Fig. 1). Most of the arrays are sampled during the same months (September and October) in all years. Locally, we place camera traps for two weeks at forested sites across campus and the Carrollton Greenbelt during September and October. Data analysis is complete for 2019-2024 (Cove et al., 2021, Kays et al., 2022, Shamon et al. 2024, Rooney et al. 2025), providing a direct comparison of animal populations across 6 years that include data from both during and before the COVID-19 Pandemic. In addition, data collected from last year (2025) and this coming autumn (2026) will allow scientists to understand how continued changes in human activities influence wildlife occurrence and activity at the continental scale. | ||||||||||
25 | 3/30/2026 14:49:10 | Occupancy Patterns of Red Squirrels in the Southern Appalachian Mountains | Andrew Edelman | University of West Georgia | aedelman@westga.edu | Mammals | Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, American Red Squirrel | Occurrence, Camera trap/image | North Georgia, Conasauga Ranger District, <10 resolution | January 2026-December 2026 | Yes | No | In Georgia, red squirrels are both a game species and a species of greatest conservation concern, indicating that more information is needed to understand the species’ distribution, abundance, and potential threats. We are examining how the occurrences of red squirrels are influenced by conifer forest structure at the local and landscape scales. We are using game cameras to document species occurrence and will create an occupancy model to estimate key predictors of species occupancy and detection to facilitate monitoring and conservation efforts. https://georgiawildlife.blog/2025/09/16/squirrel-report-these-please/ | |||||||||
26 | 4/3/2026 9:18:30 | southern Appalachian sky island biodiversity | Kimberly Cook | University of Kentucky | kiju.cook@uky.edu | Trees, Mammals | shrews, rodents, spruce-fir-birch forest | Occurrence | western North Carolina, presence matrices on mountaintops for small mammals | small mammal data were aggregated from museum collections, with collection dates between 1950s to present day. | No | Partially | This project evaluated the overlap between high elevation small mammals and high elevation habitat ("sky islands") in the southern Appalachian mountains. Using publicly available digital elevation models, vegetation cover from remote sensing, and museum specimen records, a presence matrix was populated for 10 small mammal species and spruce-fir-birch (SFB) forest. We found that the overlap between the forest and the mammals differ across pairs, as well as within the small mammal community. Here is a link to the preprint: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2RH3R | |||||||||
27 | 4/3/2026 9:31:03 | Carrion in a can: using discarded bottle surveys to study southern Appalachian mammals and carrion beetles | Kimberly Cook | University of Kentucky | kiju.cook@uky.edu | Mammals, Insects | shrews, rodents, carrion beetles (Silphidae) | Occurrence, Static location data | Black balsams southwest of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along a 7 mile stretch >30 lookouts were surveyed for discarded bottles within a 100m radius around each lookout point. | Bottles were collected in fall and spring between 2023 and 2024 | Yes | No | Discarded bottles are a significant source of mortality for small mammals, yet their impact on other taxa has been understudied. Following the capture of small mammals, burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) populate small mammal carcasses in discarded bottles to facilitate reproduction. Inter- and intraspecific resource competition is well documented for these species, particularly because of the ephemeral nature of resource. Body size and natural history vary across species, resulting in some that dominate, such as Nicrophorus orbicollis because of their large size. We evaluate the distribution of carrion beetles among bottles and across elevation. This manuscript is still in development, however we see differences in elevation distributions consistent with natural history knowledge of these important species. | |||||||||
28 | 4/3/2026 16:27:51 | Confidence-based Selective Classification for iNaturalist Observations | Steve Mussmann | Georgia Tech School of Computer Science | mussmann@gatech.edu | Mushrooms (hoping to expand later) | Amanita (hoping to expand later) | No data collected | Using iNat data | iNat observations from last few years | Yes | Yes | Exploring the use of calibrated ML models to predict species ID (for backlogged species like mushrooms) from a set of images associated with an iNat observation. The goal is to "abstain" on unconfident observations so that the accuracy is in the upper 90's. | |||||||||
29 | 4/6/2026 13:46:57 | Urban Wildlife - Athens, Atlanta | Michel Kohl | UGA | michel.kohl@uga.edu | Mammals, Birds | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Behavior, Acoustics monitoring, Homerange tracking, Genetic, Demographic | Atlanta - Camera traps/ARU, gps data, Athens, camera traps/ARU | GPS: 15 min - 2.5 hrs, cameras/ARU every 3 months for 1 month | Yes | Partially | studying wildlife response to urbanization | ||||||||||
30 | 4/15/2026 14:14:37 | Assessing the Impacts of Urbanization on Stream Salamanders in Mecklenburg County, NC | Sara Gagné | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | sgagne@charlotte.edu | Amphibians | Northern duksy salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) and Southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) | Occurrence, Relative abundance | 29 stream reaches in Mecklenburg County, NC | Fall 2025 | No | No | As metropolitan areas around the world grow, conservationists are managing more habitats adjacent to or within urban areas. Increased impervious surfaces and more abundant pollutants associated with urban landscapes can greatly impact the surrounding aquatic systems. While there has been much research into urban stream syndrome and its impacts on local flora and fauna, little of this research has focused on how urbanization specifically affects stream salamanders. The objective of this study is to determine the extent to which stream salamander occupancy is impacted by watershed urbanization. From August to November 2025, we conducted monthly salamander surveys in 29 streams from 10 watersheds in Mecklenburg County. During these monthly surveys, we collected environmental data on variables including canopy cover, riparian vegetation, local weather, water quality, and streambed substrate composition. Our analysis would indicate that the relative density of stream salamanders in Mecklenburg are minimally impacted by changes in these variables—with the exception of urbanization levels within 150 m of the stream and month of survey. The relative density of northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) and combined dusky and southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) numbers showed a positive correlation to local urbanization levels. Overall larval salamander relative densities had a positive relationship with the month of survey. These results may demonstrate high environmental tolerance by D. fuscus and an increase in the juvenile cohort during the fall breeding season. Further research should investigate if similar patterns exist in cities with different salamander species and with varying greenspace management or abundance. | |||||||||
31 | 4/15/2026 16:29:53 | Georgia Carbon Pilot for Working Forests | Lucas Clay | GT - Scheller College of Business | lucas.clay@gatech.edu | Trees | Tree size | TBD - landowners who enter the forest carbon pilot; plot level data | Yearly across multiple cohorts | Yes | No | The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business in Scheller along with the Georgia Forestry Foundation are developing a carbon pilot project to quantify and credit working forests with carbon credits. This pilot involves developing a methodology for quantifying carbon sequestration in working forests and enrolling landowners into the program. We are also working with GA-based companies to create an offtake agreement that will allow those companies to purchase issued credits for the next ~10 years. We are also working with these companies to develop the protocols, including focusing on biodiversity and water quantification benefits within the carbon project. I personally work on the technical aspects of this project, developing carbon models, using open sources forest data, and developing monitoring methods for the carbon project once it is initiated. We are tentatively calling this initiative the Georgia Carbon Exchange to account for all different types of carbon projects in Georgia, but are considering how to add biodiversity and water projects as well. | ||||||||||
32 | 4/18/2026 8:30:13 | Amphibian Ecology, Biology, and Conservation in the Southeast | Mark Mandica | Amphibian Foundation | mark@amphibianfoundation.org | Reptiles, Amphibians | Locally imperiled urban amphibian species, and southeast endangered species | Occurrence, Behavior, Acoustics monitoring, Homerange tracking, Fecundity/offspring, Biomechanics/movement, Genetic, Plant cover, Invasive species | Varies by project | Varies by project | Yes | No | I am sorry for the lack of detail I can provide here, but our projects are summarized on this page: https://amphibianfoundation.org/index.php/research | |||||||||
33 | 4/22/2026 13:29:46 | Macroinvertebrates and temperature variability | Elizabeth Sudduth | Georgia Gwinnett College | esudduth@ggc.edu | Insects, Other invertebrates | all aquatic macroinvertebrates | Occurrence, Ecological health metric, temperature and water quality data | several individual stream reaches in Gwinnett County | 2-3 times per year 2023-present | Yes | No | I have multiple sites that are part of this ongoing project: https://erenweb.org/active-projects/invurts/ | |||||||||
34 | 4/22/2026 15:31:52 | Trailing-edge population dynamics | Richard Chandler | UGA | rchandler@warnell.uga.edu | Mammals, Birds | Black-throated blue warbler, Canada warbler, and many others | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Behavior, Static location data, Homerange tracking, Fecundity/offspring, Dietary, Biomechanics/movement, Genetic, Demographic, Tree size, Plant cover, Invasive species, Ecological health metric, Climate | We have >100 point count location, 20 mark-recapture sites, and 3 intensive plots over the Coweeta Basin and adjacent watersheds | Our data goes back to 2002, with more extensive sampling starting in 2014 | Yes | Partially | We seek to understand the behavioral and demographic mechanisms underlying the declines of populations occurring near southern range boundaries. 20+ papers and several theses/dissertations have been published from this work. | |||||||||
35 | 4/28/2026 10:15:51 | SnapShot USA mammal camera trapping | Rebecca McKee | Mercer University (Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals) | mckee_rk@mercer.edu | Mammals | Camera trap/image | Crawford County Georgia | September- Nov 2025 | Yes | No | https://www.snapshot-usa.org/ | ||||||||||
36 | 4/28/2026 23:41:19 | Terrapin Project | John Maerz | Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia | jcmaerz@uga.edu | Reptiles | Diamond-backed terrapin | Behavior, Genetic, Demographic | Jekyll Island Causeway and three associated tidal creeks | 2007-2026 | Yes | No | We have collected capture recapture data on diamondback terrapins from 2-3 tidal creeks beginning in 2007-2009 to present. All turtles are captured via seining and marked individually. This is paired with hourly surveys of the causeway within 3 hours of the daytime high tide since 2009-present. All turtles observed nesting along the causeway are marked, recaptured, or recovered dead. All terrestrial captures are georeferenced. Genetic samples are collected from all terrapins beginning in 2022. Related papers: Bradke, DR, MG Dodd, & JC Maerz. 2025. Potential and limitations of unmarked population surveys to inform state-wide management for diamondback terrapins. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 24(1): 77-89. Bradke, DR, BA Crawford, M Kaylor, & JC Maerz. 2023. Facing uncertainty: evaluating and improving a standard monitoring method for an elusive turtle species. Journal of Wildlife Management:e22513. Crawford, BA, CT Moore, TM Norton, & JC Maerz. 2017. Mitigating road mortality of Diamond-backed terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) with hybrid barriers at crossing hot spots. Herpetological Conservation Biology 12:202-211. Crawford, BA, JC Maerz, NP Nibbelink, KA Buhlmann, & TM Norton. 2014. Estimating the impacts of multiple threats and management strategies for diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Applied Ecology 51:359-366. Crawford, BA, JC Maerz, NP Nibbelink, KA Buhlmann, TM Norton, & SE Albeke. 2014. Hot spots and hot moments of diamondback terrapin road-crossing activity. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:367-375. Grosse, AM, JC Maerz, JA Hepinstall-Cymerman, & ME Dorcas. 2011. Effects of Roads and Crabbing Pressures on Diamondback Terrapin Populations in Coastal Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:762-770. | |||||||||
37 | 4/28/2026 23:52:20 | Effects of Climate and Imidacloprid Use on Terrestrial Salamander Abundances | John Maerz | Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources | jcmaerz@uga.edu | Amphibians | Plethodontid salamanders | Genetic, Demographic | north Georgia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee | 2021-2022 | No | Yes | We sampled and estimated terrestrial and stream abundance of plethodontid salamanders at ~29 sites to determine the relative effects of climate and forest management with imidacloprid to combat hemlock wooly adelgid on salamander abundances. Among all study sites, we captured 6,229 salamanders: 4,147 were captured during terrestrial sampling and 2,082 were captured during stream sampling. The biggest driver of salamander abundance across all terrestrial sites was climate. Salamander terrestrial abundance declined exponentially as mean daily vapor pressure deficit increased. The relationships between imidacloprid dose and stream salamander abundance differed among salamander groups and the two application scales. The dosage of imidacloprid applied within 15 m of a plot had no relationship to Plethodon spp. abundance or D. aeneus and D. wrighti abundance. The dosage of imidacloprid applied within 15 m of a plot was negatively correlated with the abundance of stream-breeding salamanders. Conversely, the amount of imidacloprid applied locally within a 3 m radius of the center of the plot was positively correlated with both Plethodon spp. abundance and stream-breeding salamander abundance. These results may suggest a positive, local effect of living hemlocks on salamander terrestrial habitat; however, higher terrestrial applications of imidacloprid may be having a negative effect on the aquatic stages of stream-breeding species. Maerz, JC, JA Samples, DR Bradke, C Bassham, JA Martin, J Hepinstall-Cymerman, A Lagalante, and E McCarty. 2026. Estimated Effects of Climate and Imidacloprid Use on the Abundances of Woodland Salamanders. Forest Ecology and Management:123553. | |||||||||
38 | 4/29/2026 0:20:47 | Appalachian Salamander Ecology | John Maerz | Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia | jcmaerz@uga.edu | Amphibians | Plethodontid salamanders, mostly Plethodon | Occurrence, Behavior, Genetic, Demographic | We have 17 year capture-recapture data from 6, 10 m x 10 m plots, we have replicate count data over two periods (~2015-2017, 2021-2022) for more than 60 5 x 5 m plots across the Coweeta Basin and sites in north Georgia, western North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee, and we have 8 years of repeated count data for 18 plots split between two watersheds one of which has undergone shrub removal and three cycles of prescribed fire. | 2-3 times annually | Yes | Partially | In 2010, we initiated a longterm capture-recapture study of Plethodon among 6, 10m x 10m plots between 2750 ft elevation and 3000 ft elevation with the Ball Creek watershed within the Coweeta Basin. We collect capture-recapture data on individually marked salamanders three times annually. In 2025 we estimated distances marked animals occur from study plots. We have marked thousands of individuals and have many thousands more capture or recapture records. For most individuals, we have a genetic sample collected. We also have body size, reproductive status, and phenotypic data on all individuals. We continue to conduct this monitoring through 2026. In 2015 we initiated repeated counts of all salamander species across ~60, 5 m X 5 m plots across 9 sub watersheds within the Coweeta Basin. These plots span a large climate, elevation, slope position, and aspect gradient. All salamanders of all species were counted during repeated surveys 2-3 times per year. Surveys were initially collected for 3 years and then repeated in 2021-2022. In 2021-2022 we also added additional plots within Coweeta's Dryman Fork watershed and near Grandfather Mountain, NC. We also collected identical data from 15 plots at each of 24 sites in north Georgia, western North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee including Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We have data on all species, body sizes, and reproductive status. In 2018 we initiated additional repeated count studies among 18 plots divided equally between two watersheds within the Coweeta Basin. One watershed was treated by removing the entire shrub layer (mostly Rhododendron) and burning the watershed in 2018-2019, 2020-2021, and 2022-2023. The burn regime is now shifting to ~5 years. We survey the plots three times each year from 2018-present. We have amassed terrestrial occurrence and repeated count data on more than 20,000 salamanders that can be linked to weather, climate, slope, aspect, and proximity to streams. All data are georeferenced. Relevant papers or theses: Grab, KM, DR Bradke†, L Head§, M Bierden, BA Crawford, and JC Maerz*. Changes in population structure and behavior of plethodontid salamanders in response to midstory removal and prescribed fire. In preparation for Forest Ecology and Management. Maerz, JC, JA Samples, DR Bradke, C Bassham, JA Martin, J Hepinstall-Cymerman, A Lagalante, and E McCarty*. 2026. Estimated Effects of Climate and Imidacloprid Use on the Abundances of Woodland Salamanders. Forest Ecology and Management:123553. Cecala, KK, BJ Halstead, JS McGrory & JC Maerz*. 2025. Do watershed conditions or local climate play a larger role in determining regional stream salamander distributions? Hydrobiologia:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-025-05848-8. Carter, C. 2023. Impact of Introgression on the Distribution of Traits Across an Appalachian Salamander Hybrid Zone. Ph.D. Dissertation. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. Reinke, BA, H Cayuela, F Janzen, J-F Lemaitre, J- M Gaillard, AM Lawing, JB Iverson, DG Christiansen, I Martínez-Solano, G Sánchez-Montes, J Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, FL Rose, N Nelson, S Keall, A J Crivelli, T Nazirides, A Grimm-Seyfarth, K Henle, E Mori, G Guiller, R Homan, A Olivier, E Muths, BR Hossack, X Bonnet, D Pilliod, M Lettink, T Whitaker, BR Schmidt, MG Gardner, M Cheylan, F Poitevin, A Golubović, L Tomović, D Arsovski, RA Griffiths, JW Arntzen, J-P Baron, J-F Le Galliard, T Tully, L Luiselli, M Capula, L Rugiero, R McCaffery, L Eby, V Briggs-Gonzalez, F Mazzotti, D Pearson, BA Lambert, DM Green, N Jreidini, C Angelini, G Pyke, J-M Thirion, P Joly, J-P Léna, T Tucker, C Limpus, P Priol, A Besnard, P Bernard, K Stanford, R King, J Garwood, J Bosch, F Souza, J Bertoluci, S Famelli, K Grossenbacher, O Lenzi, K Matthews, S Boitaud, DH Olson, T Jessop, G Gillespie, J Clobert, M Richard, A Valenzuela-Sánchez, GM Fellers, PM Kleeman, BJ Halstead, EHC Grant, PG Byrne, T Frétey, B Le Garff, P Levionnois, JC Maerz*, J Pichenot, K Olgun, N Üzüm, A Avcı, C Miaud, J Elmberg, GP Brown, R Shine, NF Bendik, L O’Donnell, CL Davis, MJ Lannoo, RM Stiles, RM Cox, AM Reedy, DA Warner, E Bonnaire, K Grayson, R Ramos-Targarona, E Baskale, D Muñoz, J Measey, FA de Villiers, W Selman, V Ronget, A Bronikowski, & DAW Miller. 2022. Diverse aging rates in ectotherms provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity. Science 376:1459-1466. Cayuela. H, J-F Lemaître, J-P Léna, V Ronget, I Martínez-Solano, E Muths, DS Pilliod, BR Schmidt, G Sánchez-Montes, J Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, G Pyke, K Grossenbacher, O Lenzi, J Bosch, KH Beard, LL Woolbright, BA Lambert, DM Green, JM Garwood, RN Fisher, K Matthews, D Dudgeon, A Lau, J Speybroeck, R Homan, R Jehle, E Başkale, E Mori, JW Arntzen, P Joly, RM Stiles, MJ Lannoo, JC Maerz*, WH Lowe, A Valenzuela-Sánchez, DM Christiansen, C Angelini, J-M Thirion, J Merilä, GR Colli, MM Vasconcellos, TCV. Boas, Í da C Arantes, P Levionnois, BA Reinke, C Vieira, GAB Marais, J-M Gaillard, & DAW Miller. 2022. Sex differences in aging are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians. Evolution 76:346-356 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14410 Howard, JS & JC Maerz*. 2022. A model for estimating final clutch size from follicle counts in Plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 56 (2): 191–195. Gade, M, G Connette*, J Crawford, D Hocking, J Maerz*, J Milanovich, & W Peterman*. 2020. Predicted alteration of terrestrial salamander surface activity as a consequence of climate change. Ecology 101:e03154. McEntire, KD and JC Maerz*. 2019. Integrating ecophysiological and agent-based models to simulate how behavior moderates salamander sensitivity to climate. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7(Article 22):1-10. Cecala KK, JC Maerz*, BJ Halstead, J Chamblee, JR Frisch†, TL Gragson*, JA Hepinstall-Cymerman*, DS Leigh*, CR Jackson*, JT Peterson, & CM Pringle*. 2018. Multiple drivers, scales, and interactions influence southern Appalachian stream salamander occupancy. Ecosphere 9(3):e02150. Howard, J. 2018. Modeling the Effects of Precipitation on Salamander Demography for Conservation Planning. Ph.D. Dissertation. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. McEntire, K. 2018. Integration of Behavior Into Biophysical Models to Estimate Salamander Sensitivity to Climate and Midstory Forest Management. Ph.D. Dissertation. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. | |||||||||
39 | 5/8/2026 16:40:41 | Eastern Box Turtle Ecology in NE Georgia | Natalie Hyslop; Jennifer Mook | The University of North Geogia | nhyslop@ung.edu; jmook@ung.edu | Reptiles | Eastern Box Turtle | Occurrence, Camera trap/image, Behavior, Static location data, Homerange tracking, Fecundity/offspring, Dietary, Genetic, Demographic, Invasive species | NE Georgia; ~10m | 2013-current | Yes | No | Eastern Box Turtles ecology, including: resource use, diet, thermal ecology, reproduction | |||||||||
40 | 5/22/2026 13:12:43 | Freshwater Mussels and Fish Interactions in the Upper Ocmulgee River Watershed | Craig Byron | Mercer University | byron_cd@mercer.edu | Other invertebrates, I have data on predator species morphometrics at Javors Lucas Lake. | Spotted Bass, Large Mouth Bass, Long-Nosed Gar, freshwater mussels | Occurrence, Morphometric data external and internal | All specimens from Javors Lucas Lake in Jones County, GA (middle Georgia) | spring 2023, fall 2025, fall 2026 | Yes | No | I have been collecting fish from Javors Lucas Lake in Jones County, GA in the spring of 2023, fall of 2025, and this coming fall 2026. Mostly I am focused on the predatory fish species that might compete with Large-Mouth Bass. The lake is a reservoir filled from the Upper Ocmulgee River to be Macon GA's drinking water and is strictly managed by the Macon Water Authority. I have documented the collapse of the hybrid striped bass population between the field seasons. For samples of fish in the hundreds I have external (and internal--upon dissection) morphometric data to try to understand the relative health or robusticity of spotted bass and large-mouth bass in response to interactions with each other and other predators. I also have some limited data on long nosed gar and catfish. I would like to expand the study into species interactions by studying the freshwater mussels of the Upper Ocmulgee Watershed and those in Javors Lucas Lake. I would also like to do the same for local crayfish populations. | |||||||||
41 | 6/3/2026 8:05:43 | Thermal ecology and physiology of Anolis lizards | James Stroud | Georgia Tech BioSci | stroud@gatech.edu | Reptiles | Anolis lizards | Behavior, Thermal physiology | Atlanta and Tifton, GA | Weekly surveys of sleeping ecology on GT campus; annual collection of cold tolerance limit data from Atlanta and Tifton | Yes | No | 1. Investigating seasonal shifts in sleeping ecology in response to local air temperatures 2. Determining physiological cold tolerance limits on a latitudinal gradient from south Florida to Tennessee (Georgia is in the middle of this gradient). The gradient ranges from multiple Anolis species in south Florida, to 2 species from Gainesville FL to Tifton GA (native green anoles and non-native brown anoles), to 1 species from Atlanta northward (green anoles only) | |||||||||
42 | 6/3/2026 8:34:14 | Statewide Bat Monitoring | Sam Holst | GA DNR | sam.holst@dnr.ga.gov | Mammals | bats | Occurrence | Statewide | Year-round | Yes | Partially | We conduct summer mist-net surveys, culvert surveys, cave surveys, and acoustic surveys to monitor bat populations throughout the state. Our monitoring is often in collaboration with other projects (deploying Motus tags, WNS swabbing, etc.). | |||||||||
43 | 6/3/2026 9:33:46 | Bird monitoring across N GA ridges | Benjamin Freeman | GT | bfreeman47@gatech.edu | Birds | Occurrence | 13 ridges across N GA | data from 2010/2011 and 2025/2026 | Yes | No | point count surveys along 13 N GA ridges | ||||||||||
44 | 6/5/2026 9:07:13 | Snapshot USA in Athens, GA | Claire Teitelbaum | Georgia Co-op Unit (USGS/UGA) | cteitelbaum@uga.edu | Mammals | Camera trap/image | Athens, GA (State Botanical Garden), point data | Sept-Nov 2025 | No | Partially | Participation in Snapshot USA in 2025 at the State Botanical Garden in Athens. | ||||||||||
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