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2023 Highlands Field Site Capstone Presentation
December 14, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
![Testing for microplastics.](https://ie.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1337/2023/12/aec376_55b26ba8be114f298b217bd2f92a482cmv2-e1701647087884.jpg)
Microplastics in Southern Appalachian Headwater Streams: Assessing Atmospheric, Hydrological and Biological Connections.
Watch online at: https://uncg.zoom.us/j/98580152022
Agenda
Assessing the health and recruitment status of the southern-most stand of Red Spruce.
Nikita Mcclure, Paige Hannam & Caroline Tintinger
Mentors: Gary Kauffman (USFS, National Forests of North Carolina) and Maria Dunlavey (USFS, Nantahala National Forest)
Tracking alternative reproductive tactics in two-lined salamanders
Adriana Kirk & Nicole Barret
Mentor: Todd Pierson, Kennesaw State University
Using drones to assess efficacy of Motus towers in detecting tags
Connor Phillips & Elise Trexler
Mentors: Troy Walton (UNC-CH) and Rada Petric (UNC-CH)
Wildlife use of degraded and reference bottomland wetlands in the Little Tennessee River floodplain
Susie Cantonwine and Rose Deconto
Rada Petric (UNC-CH), Juliet Spafford (UNC-CH), Reagan Jarrett (WCU), and Jason Love (Highlands Biological Station, WCU)
Bat occupancy of abandoned mine shafts in western North Carolina
Zoë Heard & Sydney Sibillia
Mentors: Rada Petric (UNC-CH), Juliet Spafford (UNC-CH), and Jason Love (Highlands Biological Station, WCU)
Understanding factors driving autumn Whitetail Shiner migrations into tributaries
Zach Laibinis & Tayton Alvis
Mentors: Bill McLarney (Mainspring Conservation Trust) and Jason Meador (Mainspring Conservation Trust)
Small mammals of the southern Appalachian Mountains
Niya Friday & Danielle Mou
Mentors: Robbie Burger (University of Kentucky) and Rada Petric (UNC-CH)
Capstone