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New Hope Survey Report
The NCBP announces the completion of the report for the 2021-2022 survey of the New Hope Creek floodplain in Durham County. This multi-taxa survey assessed the current status of biodiversity in the study area, and the report recommends measures to preserve the integrity of this rich ecosystem.
2017 Carolina Beach State Park Bioblitz
2017 Carolina Beach State Park Bioblitz
In the 1920s and 30s, Bentley Fulton, NC State University's renowned orthopterist, made a number of collecting trips to Carolina Beach, capturing, among other things, three crickets that would later become the type specimens for the Salt-Marsh Ground Cricket (Allonemobius sparsalsus), Beach Trig (Anaxipha litarena) and
Bioblitz at Pilot Mountain State Park
Bioblitz at Pilot Mountain State Park
A bioblitz, organized by Ed Corey, was conducted at Pilot Mountain State Park on the 17th and 18th of May, involving day-long surveys of fish, herps, odonates, butterflies, moths, and other taxonomic groups.