SCB completes workday on Indigo Snake Reintroduction Project

Auburn University’s chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) continued their involvement with the Indigo Snake Reintroduction Project over the weekend of October 22-23. Eight members traveled to Conecuh National Forest on Saturday October 22 to build brushpiles and repair snake pens (the brushpiles are used by the snakes for shelter within the pens). After the work was completed, DBS M.S. students Sierra and Jimmy Stiles showed SCB members how they use radiotelemetry to track released snakes and study their movements. Jim Godwin, a zoologist with the Alabama Natural Heritage Program and member of the indigo snake recovery team, organized the workday, led the field work, and discussed details of the project with SCB members. The SCB members spent the night at The Nature Conservancy’s Splinter Hill Bog, and explored the bog (especially its carnivorous plants) on Sunday morning before returning to campus.