Congaree National Park is seeking volunteer assistance with spring research activities. If you are interested in assisting researchers with data collection, serving as a hiking partner, recording research data, photo-documenting field activities, and/or searching for plants and other wildlife, please contact the Park's Biological Technician, Theresa Yednock, at 803-776-4396 ext. 21.
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The U.S. Geological Survey and Clemson University will continue with a feral hog movement project this winter/spring to determine animal movement patterns throughout the Congaree floodplain. Volunteers may be needed to assist with setting/checking hog traps and to assist with radio telemetry of study animals. Participation will include recording field data and significant off-trail hiking. The results of this study will enable the design of the most successful management program possible to maximize future hog control efforts at the park.
Return to topClemson University will continue with research on crayfish at Congaree National Park this winter. Baseline data was collected in a previous study with SC DNR, but this new research survey will focus on one particular crayfish species, Procambarus troglodytes. Volunteers may be needed o assist with locating burrows, field sampling and data collection. Off-trail hiking is required, and other aquatic sites may be accessed by canoe.
Return to topAn exotic plant management team has been established at Congaree to implement exotic plant control at 13 different parks in the southeast. Volunteers are welcome to assist the team with control of exotic plants such as Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) and Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) at Congaree.
Return to topClemson University will initiate a new spider inventory survey beginning this winter to characterize the spider diversity of Congaree National Park. Volunteers can assist this researcher with spider collecting by hand, branch traps, pitfall traps, sweepnets, and other similar methods. The information obtained will help to characterize the biodiversity of the park. educate the public and will include students in the research project.
Return to topU.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station at Clemson University will initiate research by surveying the roosting and foraging ecology of two known bat species at the park. Volunteers must be willing to work through the night, and can assist with mist netting, identification of bats and radio-telemetry. For safety reasons, volunteers will not be allowed to handle the bats directly.
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May 11, 2008 by Edward Kujawski
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