Check out the December, 2006 issue of "Wildlife Conservation" magazine. There is an excellent eastern indigo article by friend Dirk Stevenson.
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Great Indigo Snake Article...
DeanAlessandrini
Nov 18, 2006 02:10 PM
Replies (4)
Carmichael
Nov 20, 2006 07:23 AM
Hey Dean, when I got my first journal after signing up, I was pleasantly surprised to see Dirk's article. Folks like Dirk and his assistants like Natalie Hyslops are doing tremendous field work (and a big thanks goes to you for introducing me to them!) It was very well written and hopefully will bring about some nice exposure for the project. Everyone into indigos should read it. He and his team are doing some great work in Georgia and I am looking forward to the day when I can meet him in person and go out and see some of his sites.
Hope things are going well Dean.
Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
>>Check out the December, 2006 issue of "Wildlife Conservation" magazine. There is an excellent eastern indigo article by friend Dirk Stevenson.
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL
DeanAlessandrini
Nov 21, 2006 11:32 AM
Right on...the information they have gathered is so valuable.
it is also ver promising that "their" indigos are doing so well.
Proof that good habitat and lack of interference and indigos will hold their own.
theshadow
Nov 21, 2006 07:18 PM
So let's here about this "valuable information". Maybe we captive breeders, and the captive indigo population could benefit!!! I'm not asking for any locality information, just facts. If it's valuable to them, I'm sure it's valuable to us.
DeanAlessandrini
Nov 25, 2006 06:09 PM
Info pertains to things like growth rate, home ranges sizes, essentially how they live and what factors would contribute to their success or failure in the wild. Dirk Stevenson and Natalie Hyslop are conducting one of the most in depth radio telemtry studies ever with indigo snakes.
I'd recommend picking up the magazine...it should be available right now at major bookstores. It is also available online.
Also...Dirk and I put together a pretty nice PowerPoint presentation that is on the gopher tortoise council's site. Thjere are some very nice photos and some good info there as well. It is a huge file, so large that it is in 6 part on that site. See www.gophertortoisecouncil.org/indigo.php
