Zach Wood is the first Georgia Grasslands Coordinator for the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia*. He joined SGI and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in 2021. Zach’s expertise is in prescribed fire as a land management tool for endangered species, especially reptiles and amphibians, in the Coastal Plains ecoregion. His educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Management from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Recently we sat down with Zach to learn a little more about him and his role at SGI.
Southeastern Grasslands Provide Valuable Habitat for Frogs and Toads
When you think of grasslands, are frogs and toads the first thing you think of? Probably not. In all likelihood, they aren’t anywhere close to the first things you think about. However, grasslands and grassland-related ecosystems are home to approximately 40 species of frogs and toads in the Southeast.
Project Update: SGI Field Team Finds 16 Rare Plant Species in Tennessee Valley Authority Powerline Corridors on the Cumberland Plateau
The “Plants, Pollinators, and Powerlines” study we are conducting with our partners at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Mississippi Entomological Museum, and the Electric Power Research Institute was revived in 2021 after being on hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. I’ve been busy the last month identifying specimens and analyzing botanical data from our 2021 field season.
March 2022 Newsletter
Education and outreach, prescribed burns, publishing scientific papers, grassland restoration projects, and making the first documentation of a rare plant species in Tennessee are only a few of the many activities that SGI has been involved with in January and February 2022. Read this newsletter to hear about all our exciting news and announcements, be reminded of our recent blog articles, and find out the hot topics being discussed in our Facebook group.