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This project will determine the impacts of Hurricane Helene on spruce-fir moss spiders, a federally endangered species that lives only at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Aerial data and field surveys will be used to help locate spruce-fir moss spiders and their habitat, mossy rock outcrops in spruce-fir forests. This project will identify locations requiring habitat restoration and other management actions that can help recover threatened populations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty: Dr. Cathy Jachowski<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This project will determine the impacts of Hurricane Helene on spruce-fir moss spiders, a federally endangered species that lives only at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Aerial data and field surveys will be used to help locate spruce-fir moss spiders and their habitat, mossy rock outcrops in spruce-fir forests. This project will identify locations requiring habitat restoration and other management actions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single-full-width.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[7],"class_list":["post-294","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":290,"date":"2026-07-22T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:46:59","slug":"fish-populations-and-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/fish-populations-and-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Populations and Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This project will assess the impacts of Hurricane Helene on movement, population status, and habitat-use for aquatic species of conservation concern in groups such as suckers and freshwater mussels. It will\u00a0help\u00a0determine\u00a0the location and timing of migrations,\u00a0as well as population sizes and growth rates. This will be\u00a0accomplished\u00a0by using passive integrative transponder (PIT) tags that\u00a0assist\u00a0with identification and tracking of individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty: Dr. Troy Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff: Jacob Kelly-Beal<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student: Mack Calvert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This project will assess the impacts of Hurricane Helene on movement, population status, and habitat-use for aquatic species of conservation concern in groups such as suckers and freshwater mussels. It will\u00a0help\u00a0determine\u00a0the location and timing of migrations,\u00a0as well as population sizes and growth rates. This will be\u00a0accomplished\u00a0by using passive integrative transponder (PIT) tags that\u00a0assist\u00a0with identification and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single-full-width.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[7],"class_list":["post-290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2,"date":"2026-07-10T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:38:03","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/helenerecoveryproject\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson University Helene Recovery Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Investigating the storm’s impacts to help guide recovery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Clemson University is part of a massive, collaborative effort to help the National Forests of Western North Carolina recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene. The scientific expertise of our faculty, students, and staff makes us well positioned to help the USFS and other partners better understand the impacts of the storm and to advise ongoing restoration projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team is leading a series of projects on the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests to determine how Hurricane Helene has affected the plants and animals that live there. Extensive surveys in the field will be combined with geospatial and statistical analysis to measure the effects of the storm on species of conservation concern and their habitats. This scientifically rigorous data will inform recovery efforts for the species and ecosystems that need it most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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