Helene Recovery Project

Early Successional Habitat

Mission: This project will document plants and pollinators previously forested areas cleared by the storm as well as pre-existing wildlife openings. It will identify critical habitats for targeted management of rare and recreationally important species while discovering the post-hurricane management styles that provide the most benefit to these species.

Graduate Students: Caroline Munter, Amos Buschkoetter

(Left) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Asclepias tuberosa.
(Right) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) on Monarda clinopodia.

Surveys

Vegetation