The Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District, alongside various partners and local officials, is set to unveil the ...

A new tenant in Bakery Square is joining the city's budding artificial intelligence scene with an eye on expansion. Why it ...

In this exclusive interview, Luke Barber sits down with Andy Hill, the Watauga Riverkeeper from MountainTrue, to discuss the ...

The Hellbender population, already in decline, took another massive hit from Hurricane Helene. The storm that tore through ...

After 10 years of planning and behind-the-scenes preparations, Jefferson County’s Hellbender Preserve will open to the public April 26. Aaron Dodds, project manager for the Jefferson Soil and Water ...

The Hellbender is a giant, aquatic salamander that has experienced severe population declines throughout its range. It is a sensitive species and there are a number of factors contributing to its ...

“And it's really hard to find that out because their lifespan is so long that you can have a hellbender detected in a stream for multiple decades, but it may be the same individual ...

Since the agency denied protection for other eastern hellbender populations, in 2021 we sued, securing a 2024 deadline for a new decision. The Service finally proposed their protection in December ...

CHANCE FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. PROTECTING A HELLBENDER COULD HELP ESCALATE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S RECOVERY FROM HELENE. THE HABITAT OF THIS LARGE SALAMANDER WAS ...

Since 2006, the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) has been studying and working to conserve the Eastern hellbender, a species of giant salamander native to the eastern United States.

The Help the Hellbender research program, based in Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, was honored with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)’s Friends of Conservation Award at ...