Endangered Species
Trip Report – Shining Rock Wilderness: June 2, 2018
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 five people and one helpful canine set out to continue Wild South’s search for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee in the Shining Rock Wilderness area…
Read MoreWelcome, 2018 Interns!
Wild South is committed to training the next generation of conservationists and each year we bring on interns to help them gain experience in the field of conservation that will…
Read MoreBumble Bee Challenge! – June
This June we are giving out a prize to the citizen scientist that submits the most Bumble Bee observations to our iNaturalist project! They don’t have to be rare species,…
Read MoreRoan Mountain Balds Bumble Bee Search – Sunday, June 17
Join Wild South’s Conservation Biologist, Morgan Harris, as we head out to the Balds at Roan Mountain to catch the blooming Rhododendrons that blanket these mountains around this time of…
Read MorePriority Species: At Risk Bumble Bees of the Southern Appalachians
While searching for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee is a big goal of Wild South’s citizen science project, this federally endangered species is not the only focus. Several other species…
Read MoreShining Rock Wilderness Bumble Bee Search – June 2, 2018
We’re going to head out to Shining Rock Wilderness to search for Bumble Bees! Depending on the number of people that RSVP we will either search Sam Knob and Black…
Read MoreCitizen Science Training: Boone Edition
Find a bumble bee, take a few pictures, and help save bumble bees from extinction. Come and join Wild South in the Rankin Science Building at Appalachian State University for a…
Read MoreWhere to Search for Rusty Patched Bumble Bees
Rusty Patched Bumble Bees were once widespread across the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but their populations have been declining rapidly since the 1980’s along with many other bumble bee species across…
Read MoreNews From Wild South – October 2016 E-Zine
Dear supporter, As autumn broadcasts her splendor in the forests and public lands we hold dear, I hope that you will take the time to get outside and enjoy the…
Read MoreThe Fight for Red Wolf Survival Continues
In a recent development in the fight to continue recovery efforts of the red wolf in the wild, four of the five conservation scientists who drafted the Population Viability Analysis (PVA)…
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