After supporting our friends at the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission earlier this year with eDNA equipment for monitoring/assessing population statuses post Helene, then assisting Cherokee National Forest with collecting larval/juvenile Hellbenders this spring/identifying den rocks for the fall, we’ve now expanded our work with the Eastern Hellbender to rearing! We’re permitted to now hold and hatch eggs to determine hate rates, successes, and to measure growth rates compared to other

As black bear population booms, state aims to slow growth