In 2023, we installed automated acoustic recorders in restored wetlands on property to monitor frog calls as an index of breeding activity.🐸📷Enjoy the springtime bliss of the gopher frog, spring peeper, southern leopard frog, and southern chorus frog: youtu.be/RIYAVE7h0uY

🌼April showers brought May flowers indeed! 🎨Enjoy this palette of what's currently blooming at Ichauway.

It was a treat hosting Jared Elmore, Ph.D. of National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative and Clemson CAFLS to discuss new tech use for monitoring bird populations yesterday!

Dr. Cassandra Quave (Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️) will be featured on CNN’s Champions for Change starting this week (May 11 at 5PM EST), with the main event airing prime time with Sanjay Gupta on May 18th at 9 PM ET on CNN.

More info: It’s an alarming public health trend: harmful bacteria…

Letter to a young ecologist
It may seem counterintuitive that in an accelerating world you should try slowing down, but the deep work that is needed to advance ecology requires time for reflection with a mind that is clear, open, and eager
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Happy #AirQualityAwarenessWeek

🌲🌳What a fun morning filming Georgia's Forests Live Exploration from The Jones Center at Ichauway with GPB Education, Georgia Forestry Foundation, and special guest Shawn DeRome of Rayonier! Watch the episode: gpb.org/trees #forestslive

ICYMI, yesterday began U.S. EPA's Air Quality Awareness Week. Read more about wildland fires and smoke:
epa.gov/air-quality/wi… #airquality #rxfire

TODAY IS THE DAY! Don't miss #ForestsLive at 10 AM ET. This live show will take your students on an interactive exploration of Georgia's forests as they discover the many benefits of trees. Watch live on gpb.org/trees.🌳

📽️LIVE from The Jones Center at Ichauway tomorrow at 10am ET! Join us on gpb.org/trees! Georgia DNR Wildlife GAForestryCommission GA Dept of Education Georgia 4-H America's Forests | In partnership with Georgia Forestry Foundation

It's Mussel Monday! Elliptio crassidens, aka elephant ear,🐘👂️ is a common river mussel species in the lower Flint River basin. Sometimes found in large clusters, they often have a highly eroded outer shell since they're often in rocky substrate with faster moving water.

As natural resources professionals, it’s important to take time to enjoy the ecosystems we work so hard to conserve, research, and manage.
We’re trying to answer ecological questions our home basin's diverse water uses pose, especially during drought: ga-fit.org/hcp/

🐤Red-cockaded woodpecker chick banding is underway at Ichauway! So far, we’ve documented 29 active #RCW nests. We’re forecasting ~50 nests and 90-95 banded chicks this season. All appropriate federal permits for banding and handling RCWs in place. #endangeredspecies

🎉Gabe Nyen, a M.S. student in our Ecological Silviculture Lab was recognized as Mississippi State University’s Graduate Research Assistant of the Year!

Forest Health Specialist at @gatrees, Mark McClure, educating Jones Center Conservation staff on identification and treatment of cogon grass (pictured here flowering). ❗️If you see it, report it!: gatrees.org/cogongrass-in-…

🐢It’s gopher tortoise trapping season at Ichauway! We're trapping tortoises in one of our fenced predator exclosure areas that deters mesopredators as well as a control area to compare the demographic and size distributions. 👋 Say hello to 366A!

Save the date! On 5/7 at 10 am, we'll be LIVE from The Jones Center at Ichauway for our Georgia's Forests Live Exploration. 🌲
Explore different forest ecosystems, discover a variety of forest products, and learn why Georgia is the #1 forestry state in the country.
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It was our distinct pleasure to host The Longleaf Alliance Board of Directors last week for their annual meeting. #longleaf

🔥This spring, we reinvigorated our internal burn course for select Center staff to gain exposure to prescribed fire planning and implementation. Prescribed fire is paramount to the success of our research, conservation, and education objectives. #rxfire #goodfire

🌀The official Atlantic hurricane season may only last from June 1-November 30, but hurricane impacts to forests are persistent. We used a long-term dataset on hurricane tracks to define four hurricane regimes in North America. 🔗Read more: jonesctr.org/hurricane-regi…