Volunteers are needed to help count salamanders. The marbled and spotted salamanders give clues about the health of their environment and the impact of nearby development. This research project of the Catawba Lands Conservancy studies the salamanders (photo at left) by catching them in buckets. Each day volunteers need to check the buckets, record the number and species of salamanders caught, and release them. The salamanders must be released daily or they will die. Each volunteer can help the project for one day a week.They collect the data in an upland swamp in the Whitehall Nature Preserve, a permanently protected area located off I-485 at the South Tryon/Hwy 49 exit. Volunteers can participate beginning in mid-September and continuing through early April. For more information, please contact Sharon Wilson at 704-342-3330, ext. 209, or sharon@catawbalands.org for more information.
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