52 | Indigo Season Update with Ben Stegenga

Dr. Jenkins sits down with Ben Stegenga who coordinates rare
species inventory and monitoring in the Longleaf Savannas for The
Orianne Society.  Dr. Jenkins starts off the episode with an
update on some exciting changes to the program structure at The
Orianne Society, talks about their new website and a current
campaign.  Ben and Chris discuss the results from this
season's indigo snake monitoring, including how many sites where
indigos were found, how many snakes in total were detected, as
well as some information on Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes
and Pine Snakes.  Finally, they take some time to discuss
some of the other projects Ben is working on including a Spotted
Turtle monitoring project and an effort to document snake
diversity in one of the best remaining examples of Longleaf Pine
habitat. 


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