Archive | May 2024
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Herpetology Field Trip
By: Tyler Troxel While with my Herpetology class, I had such a great time! My class had the opportunity to go to south Georgia at the Jones Center. The Jones Center is home to a massive Longleaf Pine restoration area as well as many other areas that home many cool wildlife species. Given that the […]
Pigeon Mountain Salamander Survey
By: Tyler Troxel While being an intern for the Georgia DNR, I got to experience another great opportunity in searching for Pigeon Mountain Salamanders in Pigeon Mountain, Georgia with Herpetologist, Daniel Sollenberger. Pigeon Mountain Salamanders are very unique because they are only found on one singular mountain in the entire world, Pigeon Mountain. After hours […]
Hellbender Survey!
By: Tyler Troxel During my DNR internship, I got the wonderful opportunity to meet up with Thomas Floyd in North Georgia to survey for Hellbenders. Hellbenders are a very secretive species of giant salamander. They are well camouflaged, and as a result, are hard to find. Hellbenders are very important to our monitoring of stream […]
Engineering Summer Internship!
By: Sofia Monteiro This summer I had the privilege of working at Travis Pruitt & Associates, a private engineering and consulting firm. I worked under their Environmental department and was hired by a Warnell alumni who had studied forestry with a wildlife emphasis. During this internship, I got exposed to various aspects of engineering and […]
Academics Afield Program
By: Kylie Hildreth Through Warnell, I have been offered various wildlife-based job opportunities. I currently work with the UGA Deer Lab, GA Department of Natural Resources, and the GA Wildlife Federation. My employment through the GA Wildlife Federation consists of assisting in the hunter education of college-aged students and other adults who did not grow […]
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